SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1986
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FEBRUARY WAS COLDER, WETTER THAN USUAL
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FEBRUARY THIS YEAR WAS COLDER AND WETTER THAN USUAL, WITH THE MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 14.7 DEGREES CELSIUS BEING 1,2 DEGREES CELSIUS BELOW NORMAL AND THE TOTAL RAINFALL OF 68.8 MILLIMETRES BEING 64 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORTED TODAY.
APART FROM SOME SUNNY INTERVALS, WEATHER ON THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH WAS CLOUDY.
A SURGE OF WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED ON FEBRUARY 3 BRINGING STRONG EASTERLY WINDS OFFSHORE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY ON FEBRUARY 5. OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN OCCURRED FROM FEBRUARY 3 TO 7.
THE INTENSE WINTER MONSOON PERSISTED OVER SOUTH CHINA, RESULTING IN COLDER AND DRIER WEATHER IN HONG KONG DURING THE CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS FROM FEBRUARY 8 TO 11. HOWEVER, WEATHER WAS MILDER AND SUNNY DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
A MOIST SOUTHEASTERLY AIRSTREAM AFFECTED HONG KONG OVERNIGHT ON FEBRUARY 13 CAUSING WIDESPREAD FOG.
VISIBILITIES OF 100 METRES AND 300 METRES WERE RECORDED AT WAGLAN ISLAND AND THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 14 WHEN AIR AND SEA TRAFFIC WAS DISRUPTED.
TEMPERATURE ON THAT DAY ROSE TO 22.8 DEGREES CELSIUS IN THE AFTERNOON, THE HIGHEST OF THE MONTH.
WARM AND HUMID WEATHER WITH MORNING COASTAL FOG WAS AGAIN EXPERIENCED ON FEBRUARY 15.
A SURGE OF WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED LATER DURING THE DAY BRINGING STRONG EASTERLY WINDS OFFSHORE, COOLER AND OVERCAST WEATHER AND SOME RAIN.
THE COOL AND RAINY WEATHER PERSISTED UNTIL FEBRUARY 20, HOWEVER, A SURGE OF DRY WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED LATE ON FEBRUARY 20 AND THE WEATHER BECAME FINE AND SUNNY DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
WEATHER WAS MAINLY CLOUDY WITH PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN FROM FEBRUARY 23 TO 28.
A VERY INTENSE SURGE OF WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED ON FEBRUARY 27 MORNING. THE TEMPERATURE CONTINUED TO FALL AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WERE EXPERIENCED OFFSHORE ON THE AFTERNOON OF FEBRUARY 28.
THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 7.6 DEGREES CELSIUS ON THE EVENING OF FEBRUARY 28, THE LOWEST OF THE MONTH.
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