TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1984
THE WEATHER TURNED CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS ON OCTOBER 4 WHEN A COLD FRONT PASSED HONG KONG,
IT REMAINED CLOUDY WITH TRACES OF RAIN FROM OCTOBER 5 TO 9.
THE WEATHER DETERIORATED ON OCTOBER 10 AS HEAVY SHOWERS OCCURRED AND WINDS FRESHENED FROM THE EAST. THE OBSERVATORY RECORDED 67.2 MM OF RAINFALL FROM 11 PM TO MIDNIGHT, THE SECOND HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR ANY ONE HOUR IN OCTOBER.
THE RAINFALL AMOUNT FROM 11 PM ON OCTOBER 10 TO 1 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY REACHED 108.1 MM, ALSO THE SECOND HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR ANY TWO-HOUR PERIOD IN OCTOBER.
A FLYOVER IN EASTERN KOWLOON WAS TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING, WHICH WAS REPORTED TO BE ABOUT HALF-METRE DEEP.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 11. APART FROM SOME MORNING SHOWERS, IT WAS FINE AND SUNNY ON OCTOBER 12.
SUNNY WEATHER PREVAILED UNTIL OCTOBER 16, AS HONG KONG CAME UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN ANTICYCLONE OVER CHINA.
IT BECAME CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS ON OCTOBER 17. THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY THE NEXT DAY.
SUNNY WEATHER OCCURRED BETWEEN OCTOBER 19 AND 24 DUE TO AN ANTICYCLONE OVER SOUTHERN CHINA.
IT WAS CLOUDY WITH SUNNY INTERVALS FROM OCTOBER 25 TO 31. SOME LIGHT RAIN PATCHES OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 28 AND 29.
IT BECAME GRADUALLY COOLER DURING THIS PERIOD AS THE WINTER MONSOON PREVAILED. THE TEMPERATURE ON OCTOBER 31 DROPPED TO A MINIMUM OF 20.4 DEGREES CELSIUS, THE LOWEST OF THE MONTH.
WINDS WERE FRESH TO STRONG OFF SHORE EARLY ON OCTOBER 31, WHEN SEVERE TROPICAL STORM WARREN WAS SITUATED OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA NEAR XISHA ISLANDS.
NINE TROPICAL CYCLONES DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE MONTH.
TROPICAL STORM MAURY DISSIPATED OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN EAST OF JAPAN ON OCTOBER 1. IT WAS ABOUT 150 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH OF TROPICAL STORM NINA WHICH IN TURN BECAME AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE LATER THE SAME DAY.
SEVERE TROPICAL STORM OGDEN FORMED ABOUT 540 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF GUAM ON OCTOBER 7. IT MOVED NORTH NORTHEASTWARDS AND BECAME AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE ON OCTOBER 10.
TYPHOON PHYLLIS DEVELOPED IN THE SAME AREA ON OCTOBER 10. IT MOVED NORTHWARDS AND DISSIPATED ABOUT 650 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF TOKYO ON OCTOBER 14.
TROPICAL STORM