MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1981
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FEBRUARY'S RAINFALL OF 11.8 MM WAS 30.1 MM BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS AMOUNTED TO ONLY 12.5 MM MAKING THE PERIOD THE FOURTH LOWEST ON RECORD FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD.
DURING THE MONTH, THERE WERE 17 MISTY DAYS AND COASTAL FOG WAS REPORTED ON NINE OF THESE DAYS. A TOTAL OF 90.1 HOURS OF SUNSHINE WAS RECORDED, WHICH WAS 18.6 HOURS BELOW NORMAL,
APART FROM SOME MORNING MIST, THE WEATHER WAS SUNNY ON THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH. IT BECAME COOLER WHEN A COLD FRONT ARRIVED IN THE AFTERNOON OF FEBRUARY 3 CAUSING FRESHENING NORTHERLY WINDS AND A TRACE OF RAIN ON THE FOLLOWING MORNING.
DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR (FEBRUARY 5 AND 6), FINE AND SUNNY WEATHER WAS EXPERIENCED BUT THE PASSAGE OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT ON THE EVENING OF FEBRUARY 6 BROUGHT BACK NORTHERLY WINDS AND RAIN.
CLOUDY WEATHER PERSISTED THE NEXT DAY BUT IT BECAME MILD AND SUNNY BETWEEN FEBRUARY 8 AND 11.
ON FEBRUARY 12, THERE WAS A TRACE OF RAIN AND SOME MIST FORMED ON THE FOLLOWING MORNING. THE MISTY SPELL
PERSISTED UNTIL FEBRUARY 25, WHILE COASTAL FOG WAS REPORTED ON EIGHT DAYS DURING THIS PERIOD.
FOG WAS WIDESPREAD ON FEBRUARY 14 AND THE VISIBILITY AT HONG KONG AIRPORT WAS REDUCED TO 600 METRES AROUND 6 AM.
BUT DESPITE SOME EARLY MORNING DRIZZLE THAT DAY, IT TURNED OUT TO BE SUNNY AND WARM LATER ON WHEN THE TEMPERATURE ROSE TO A MAXIMUM OF 25.3 DEGREES CELSIUS WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH.
IT BECAME CLOUDY ON FEBRUARY 15 AND WAS DULL WITH RAIN BETWEEN FEBRUARY 16 AND 22.
A COLD FRONT DURING THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 17 BROUGHT COOLER WEATHER, BUT WIDESPREAD MIST PERSISTED. ON FEBRUARY 19 AND 20, VISIBILITY AT TAI O AND CHEK LAP KOK WAS REDUCED TO 20 METRES AND 300 METRES RESPECTIVELY.
ON FEBRUARY 24, AN INTENSE COLD FRONT PASSED HONG KONG AROUND NOON BRINGING FRESH EASTERLY WINDS, OVERCAST SKIES AND RAIN. WINDS TURNED NORTHERLY ON THE FOLLOWING DAY AND TEMPERATURES DROPPED. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 9.5 DEGREES CELSIUS RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 27 WAS THE LOWEST THIS WINTER.
THE WEATHER REMAINED OVERCAST WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN AND MIST UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH.
DURING THE MONTH, FOUR AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO FOG. THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON 11 DAYS WHILE THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS EFFECTIVE ON FOUR DAYS.
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