WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1984
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SHORTEST DURATION OF SUNSHINE FOR APRIL
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LAST MONTH HAD THE SHORTEST DURATION OF SUNSHINE -38.6 HOURS EVER RECORDED FOR APRIL, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT RELEASED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY TODAY.
THE MONTH'S MEAN CLOUD AMOUNT OF 94 PER CENT WAS ALSO THE CLOUDIEST FOR APRIL, EQUALLING THE RECORD FOR APRIL ESTABLISHED IN 1934.
RAIN WAS RECORDED ON 20 DAYS OF THE MONTH, THE SAME AS THE NUMBER FOR APRIL 1926 AND THE SECOND HIGHEST FÖR THE MONTH AFTER THE 21 DAYS OF RAIN RECORDED FOR APRIL 1906.
THE RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH TOTALLED 215 MM, 54 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL. BUT THE ACCUMULATED LEVEL OF 234.8 MM SINCE JANUARY WAS 11 PER CENT BELOW AVERAGE.
THE MONTH WAS ALSO MILDER AND MORE HUMID THAN USUAL.
FOG WAS WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON APRIL 1, DISRUPTING FERRY SERVICES AND CAUSING A 10 000-TON PANAMANIAN-REGISTERED CARGO VESSEL TO RUN AGROUND AT LEI YUE MUN.
A WEAK COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH HONG KONG EARLY ON APRIL 2, DISPERSING THE FOG. WINDS FRESHENED FROM THE EAST AND TRACES OF RAIN WERE RECORDED.
FOG RETURNED ON APRIL 3, BUT DISSIPATED THE FOLLOWING MORNING AS WINDS TURNED SOUTHWESTERLY,
ON APRIL 4 THE WEATHER WAS CLOUDY AND WARM, WITH THE TEMPERATURE RISING TO 26.7 DEGREES CELSIUS IN THE AFTERNOON, THE HIGHEST OF THE MONTH.
THE WEATHER DETERIORATED ON APRIL 5, WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN, MIST AND COASTAL FOG. DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY, FERRY SERVICES WERE DISRUPTED AND A PANAMANIAN CONTAINER SHIP SANK AFTER COLLIDING WITH A KOREAN VESSEL ABOUT FIVE KILOMETRES SOUTHEAST OF WAGLAN ISLAND.
ALL 28 CREW MEMBERS FROM THE PANAMANIAN VESSEL WERE RESCUED WHILE A SAILOR ON THE KOREAN VESSEL WAS INJURED AND HOSPITALISED,
ANOTHER COLD FRONT ARRIVED IN THE MORNING OF APRIL 6, DISSIPATING THE FOG.
THE WEATHER FROM APRIL 6 TO 8 BECAME SLIGHTLY COOLER BUT REMAINED CLOUDY WITH PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE.
MIST AND FOG RETURNED ON APRIL 9 AND BECAME WIDESPREAD THE FOLLOWING DAY, SERIOUSLY DISRUPTING BOTH SEA AND AIR TRAFFIC. THE FOG EVENTUALLY DISPERSED IN THE MORNING OF APRIL 11.
/LIGHT RAIN