SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1985
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OCTOBER WAS WARMER AND DRIER
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LAST MONTH WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN USUAL, WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 25.8 DEGREES CELSIUS WHICH WAS THE SEVENTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR OCTOBER, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORTED TODAY.
THE MONTH'S MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 24 DEGREES WAS THE SIXTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR OCTOBER, WHILE THE TOTAL RAINFALL OF 56.1 MM WAS 54 PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL VALUE OF 121.2 MM.
HOWEVER THE RAINFALL AMOUNT FOR THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF 1985 REACHED 2 132.6 MM, CLOSE TO THE NORMAL VALUE OF 2 164.7 MM.
ON THE ARRIVAL OF A SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON, THE WEATHER ON OCTOBER 1 WAS INITIALLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. RAINFALL WAS VERY LOCAL ISED, MAINLY ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND IN THE URBAN AREAS OF KOWLOON. IT RAPIDLY BECAME FINE AND SUNNY DURING THE DAY.
AS NORTHERLY WINDS PERSISTED, THE WEATHER REMAINED FINE AND BECAME PROGRESSIVELY DRIER UP TO OCTOBER 5, WHEN A LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 33 PER CENT WAS RECORDED.
ON OCTOBER 6, A MOIST AIRSTREAM REACHED HONG KONG AND REPLACED THE DRY CONTINENTAL AIR. THE WEATHER CONTINUED GENERALLY FINE ON OCTOBER 6 AND 7 WITH SOME LIGHT SHOWERS AT NIGHT.
THE WEATHER TURNED CLOUDY WITH PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN ON OCTOBER 8.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A BROAD RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF CHINA, THE WEATHER IN HONG KONG WAS MAINLY FINE FROM OCTOBER 9 TO 16 APART FROM A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS.
IN THE AFERNOON OF OCTOBER 13, THE TEMPERATURE ROSE TO A MAXIMUM OF 30.4 DEGREES, THE HIGHEST OF THE MONTH.
SCATTERED SHOWERS OCCURRED FROM OCTOBER 17 TO 19 BUT THERE WERE ALSO SOME SUNNY PERIODS DURING THE DAY.
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