TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1981
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DRIEST JANUARY IN 15 YEARS
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JANUARY WAS THE FIFTH JANUARY SINCE 1884 DURING WHICH NO MEASURABLE RAINFALL WAS RECORDED.
THE MONTH'S RAINFALL WAS 26.9 MILLIMETRES BELOW NORMAL, MAKING IT THE SIXTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH WITH RAINFALL BELOW NORMAL.
THE OTHER DRY JANUARIES WERE IN 1884, 1914, 1932 AND 1966.
THE TOTAL RAINFALL DURING DECEMBER LAST YEAR AND JANUARY WAS ONLY 0.7 MILLIMETRES WHICH WAS THE LOWEST ON RECORD FOR THE TWO-MONTH PERIOD.
THERE WERE NO TROPICAL CYCLONES OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC OR THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE MONTH WHICH WAS SUNNIER AND WARMER THAN USUAL WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 16.3 DEGREES CELSIUS.
SOME 176.2 HOURS OF SUNSHINE WERE RECORDED WHICH WAS 22.7 HOURS ABOVE NORMAL.
THE FIRST SIX DAYS OF THE MONTH WERE FINE AND DRY. ON JANUARY 7 A COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH HONG KONG CAUSING STRONG EASTERLY WINDS AND A TRACE OF RAIN. THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WAS HOISTED.
IT WAS AGAIN HOISTED ON JANUARY 10 WHEN FRESH NORTHERLY WINDS, STARTED ON THE PREVIOUS NIGHT, STRENGTHENED IN THE EVENING BRINGING COLD, DRY AIR,
THE MONTH'S LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF 9.8 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON JANUARY 11.
THE WEATHER WAS STILL COLD ON THE FOLLOWING TWO MORNINGS BUT GRADUALLY BECAME WARMER.
CONDITIONS WERE VERY DRY FROM JANUARY 11 TO 14 AND THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FIRE.
IT WAS CLOUDY FROM JANUARY 21 TO 23. THE MONTH'S HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF 23.2 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON JANUARY 24 WHEN THE WEATHER WAS SUNNY.
IT BECAME CLOUDY AGAIN WHEN A COLD FRONT ARRIVED IN THE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 25 AND COOLER WEATHER WAS EXPERIENCED ON JANUARY 27 AND 28.
THE WEATHER REMAINED DULL UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH WITH TRACES OF RAIN ON THE LAST TWO DAYS.
THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON SIX DAYS WHILE THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS EFFECTIVE ON 16 DAYS. DURING THE MONTH NO AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG.
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