THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1982
10-MONTH RAINFALL EXCEEDS ANNUAL RECORD
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ACCUMULATED RAINFALL IN THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, AMOUNTING TO 3 151.7 MM, HAS ALREADY EXCEEDED THE ANNUAL RECORD OF 3 100.4 MM ESTABLISHED IN 1973, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORTS.
AND LAST MONTH, THE RAINFALL WAS 35 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL; IT WAS ALSO WARMER THAN USUAL AND THE MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 24.1 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR ANY OCTOBER.
TAKEN SEPARATELY, RECORDS SET IN VARIOUS STATIONS WERE AS
FOLLOWS
* HAPPY VALLEY RACE COURSE - 3 102.9 MM FOR THE FIRST TEN
MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH THE ANNUAL RECORD OF 3 054.4 MM SET IN 1972,
* WAGLAN ISLAND - 2 393.2 MM FOR THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF
THIS YEAR COMPARED WITH THE ANNUAL RECORD 2 150.3 MM SET
IN 1959,
* TAI LAM CHUNG RESERVOIR - 2 873.5 MM FOR THE FIRST TEN
MONTHS OF THIS YEAR COMPARED WITH THE ANNUAL RECORD OF 2 574.6 MM SET IN 1957.
APART FROM SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 3. IT WAS GENERALLY FINE AND HOT FOR THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE MONTH, WITH THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 31.8 DEGREES CELSIUS FOR THE MONTH RECORDED ON OCTOBER 3.
THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 5, BUT THE WEATHER IMPROVED RAPIDLY DURING THE NIGHT AS WINDS TURNED NORTHERLY.
BUT THE FINE WEATHER LASTED FOR LESS THAN 24 HOURS.
CLOUDS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS RETURNED ON THE FOLLOWING NIGHT AND PERSISTED INTO OCTOBER 7.
THE WEATHER WAS GENERALLY FINE FROM OCTOBER 8 TO 15.
WINDS TURNED NORTHERLY ON OCTOBER 14 AND FRESHENED ON OCTOBER 15 AS TYPHOON NANCY CAME WITHIN 400 NAUTICAL MILES OF HONG KONG. THE WEATHER WAS CLOUDY WITH SOME LIGHT SHOWERS FROM OCTOBER 16 TO 18.
A SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED DURING THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 16 AS WINDS FRESHENED FROM THE EAST AND BECAME STRONG OFF-SHORE THE FOLLOWING MORNING.
THERE WAS A SHORT SPELL OF FINE WEATHER FROM THE NIGHT OF .CTOBER 18 TO THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 19 BEFORE CLOUDY WEATHER WITH CUTBREAKS OF RAIN SET IN AND LASTED UNTIL OCTOBER 27.
THERE WAS LESS THAN ONE HOUR OF BRIGHT SUNSHINE FROM OCTOBER TO 27.
SEVERAL HOURS