SATURDAT, MARCH 10, 1919
1884
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SECOND WARMEST FEBRUARY SINCE 1884
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LAST (FEBRUARY) MONTH WAS THE SECOND WARMEST FEBRUARY SINCE
THE MEAN TEMPERATURE AT 18.9 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS
THREE DEGREES HIGHER THAN NORMAL.
THE WARMEST FEBRUARY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SAID TODAY (SATURDAY), WAS IN 1973 WHEN A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 19.2 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RÉCORDED.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE THREE WINTER MONTHS OF DECEMBER, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY TOGETHER WERE THE WARMEST ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 18.4 DEGREES CELSIUS COMPARED WITH A NORMAL OF 16.3 DEGREES.
THE EXCEPTIONALLY WARM WINTER WAS DUE TO THE WEAKNESS OF THE WINTER MONSOON WHICH DID NOT OFTEN BRING COLD AIR TO THE SOUTH CHINA COAST.
ALTHOUGH THERE WAS VERY LITTLE RAIN WHICH WAS 35.5 MM BELOW NORMAL, THE MONTH WAS LESS SUNNY THAN USUAL.
THE MONTH STARTED WITH A VERY COLD WEATHER. IN THE MORNING OF THE FIRST DAY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY RECORDED A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 6.1 DEGREES THE LOWEST RECORDED THIS WINTER.
TEMPERATURES BEGAN TO RISE THE NEXT DAY AND CONDITIONS REMAINED QUITE MILD FROM FEBRUARY 8 TO 25, REACHING 26.5 DEGREES THE HIGHEST IN THE MONTH ON FEBRUARY 22 AFTERNOON.
FINE AND SUNNY WEATHER DEVELOPED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH BUT BECAME CLOUDY ON FEBRUARY 2 WITH PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN DURING THE FOLLOWING THREE DAYS.
FROM FEBRUARY 6 CONDITIONS BECAME MAINLY FINE AND PERSISTED UNTIL THE NINTH. THE FOLLOWING FIVE DAYS WERE CLOUDY WITH RAIN ON FEBRUARY 13 AND 14 DURING THE PASSAGE OF A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE.
A SMALL ANTICYCLONE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST CHINA LATE ON FEBRUARY 14 AND THE WEATHER WAS FINE AND SUNNY THE FOLLOWING FOUR DAYS. CLOUDY WEATHER RETURNED ON FEBRUARY 19 WHEN THE ANTICYCLONE MOVED AWAY.
CONDITIONS BECAME WARM AND HUMID WITH MIST AND FOG DEVELOPING ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 23. VISIBILITY AT CHEUNG CHAU WAS REDUCED TO ONLY 600 METRES AND AT WAGLAN ISLAND AND KAI TAK AIRPORT, IT WAS DOWN TO 1,400 METRES AND 4,000 METRES RESPECTIVELY.
THE WARM AND HUMID WEATHER ENDED ON THE ARRIVAL OF A COLD FRONT DURING THE EVENING OF FEBRUARY 25 AND CONDITIONS CHANGED TO MUCH COOLER BUT REMAINED OVERCAST WITH RAIN FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH.
DURING THE MONTH, THERE WERE NO DIVERSION OF AIRCRAFT DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER NOR THUNDERSTORM OR HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS ISSUED.
THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL, HOISTED ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 30, WAS LOWERED AT 10 A.M. ON FEBRUARY 1.
FIRE DANGER WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON FIVE OCCASIONS DURING THE
MONTH.
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