SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1980
JUNE
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SUNNIER AND HOTTER THAN USUAL
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JUNE WAS MUCH SUNNIER AND HOTTER THAN USUAL, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) IN ITS MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARY.
THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE MONTH WAS JUNE 22 WHEN THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE REACHED 34.8 DEGREES CELSIUS THE SECOND HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR JUNE. THE HIGHEST WAS 35.6 DEGREES RECORDED ON JUNE 1, 1963.
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE 33 DEGREES ON EIGHT CONSECUTIVE DAYS, BETWEEN JUNE 17 AND 24, AND ABOVE 34 DEGREES ON FOUR, BETWEEN JUNE 19 AND 22.
THIS IS ALSO UNPRECEDENTED IN ANY JUNE SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1884.
THE MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 31.6 DEGREES, RANKING SECOND HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR JUNE, THE HIGHEST BEING 31.7 DEGREES IN JUNE 1938.
FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH, THERE WERE 240 HOURS OF SUNSHINE, 90.6 HOURS ABOVE NORMAL.
HOWEVER, THE MONTH SET A NEW RECORD FOR JUNE WITH ONLY 12 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL WHICH TOTALLED 150.9 MM, 306.6 MM BELOW NORMAL.
THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR AMOUNTED TO 684.9 MM WHICH IS 32 PER CENT BELOW NORMAL.
DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE SOUTH CHINA COAST. THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE MONTH WERE CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
IT WAS RELATIVELY COOL DURING THESE FOUR DAYS AND ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 4 TEMPERATURE FELL TO A MINIMUM OF 22 DEGREES CELSIUS WHICH WAS THE LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.
THE WEATHER BEGAN TO IMPROVE ON JUNE 5 WHEN A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE PACIFIC ANTICYCLONE EXTENDED WESTWARDS TO COVER SOUTH CHINA.
THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE REMAINED PRONOUNCED AND PERSISTENT AND THE WEATHER IN HONG KONG WAS MAINLY FINE AND VERY HOT UNTIL JUNE 26 WHEN SEVERE TROPICAL STORM HERBERT APPROACHED, CAUSING THE STANDBY SIGNAL TO BE HOISTED THE SAME DAY UNTIL JÚNE 28.
AS HERBERT MOVED NORTHWESTWARDS INTO THE GULF OF TONK IN, HONG KONG RECORDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUNE 26 TO 29.
FRESH TO STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WERE EXPERIENCED IN EXPOSED PLACES FROM JUNE 26 TO 28 BUT THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE PACIFIC RETURNED ON JUNE 30 AND THE WEATHER BECAME FINE AND SUNNY AGAIN.
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