MONDAY, MAY 12, 1975
LAST MOUTH'S WEATHER WAS ABNORMALLY WARM
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HỌNG KONG HAD AN ADNORMALLY WARM APRIL THIS YEAR.
THE MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 24.2 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 27.3 DEGREES CELSIUS RECORDED DURING THE MONTH WERE THE HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR APRIL UNILE THE MEAN MINIMUM TERPERATURE OF 21.0 DEGREES CELSIUS RANKED AS THE THIRD HIGHEST FOR THE SAME MONTH.
EXCEPTIONAL HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSAGES OF TUO ACTIVE TROUGHS OF LOW PRESSURE DROUGHT A TOTAL OF 245 MM OF RAINFALL, MAKING THE MONTH THE FOUNTLI VETTEST APRIL SINCE RECORD DEGAÑ IN 1804.
THE RAINFALL OF 92,4 MH RECORDED DETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM ON APRIL 30 WAS THE FIFTH HIGHEST HOURLY VALUE EVER MEASURED IN... eve KONG KÔNG, AND A NEW RECORD FOR APRIL AS WELL.
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ON APRIL 20, AN ACTIVE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REACHED HONG KONG FROM THE NORTH AND DROUGHT FREQUENT TUJUNDENSINIOMS AND HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS. ACCORDING TO REPORTS FROM RESIDENTS IN KUUN TONG AND NORTH POINT, THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACCOMPANIED DY HAILSTONES.
ALTHOUGH THE WEATHER IMPROVED ON APRIL 29, HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNED ON THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH, RESULTING IN FLOODINGS IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND SOME MINOR LANDSLIPS. AN OLD WOMAN AND A DOY LOST THEIR LIVES IN TWO SEPARATE LANDSLIPS WHILE A GIRL ACCIDENTALLY FELL INTO A DITCH ON THAT DAY AND WAS DROWNED,
THE TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED AT THE ROVAL OBSERVATORY DURÍNG THE LAST THREE DAYS OF THE MONTH WAS OVER 300 KM,
TWO AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM THE DOUG KONG INTERNATIONAL,- AIRPORT IN APRIL OVING TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
THE THUNDERSTORM HARNING WAS ISSUED 10 TIMES DURING THE MONTH AND THE THUNDERSTORH AND HEAVY RAIN VARNING WAS ISSUED ON APRIL 30.
THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING HAS ISSUED ON APRIL 2 WHILE THE YELLOW WARNING WAS ENFORCED ON THREE OCCASIONS.
THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 30.0 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON APRIL 21 WHILE THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 16.4 DECREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON APRIL 2.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A FULL WEATHER REPORT FOR APRIL PREPARED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY WILL DE BOXED FOR COLLECTION LATER TODAY.
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