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TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1988
THE ASSOCIATED GUSTS WERE BETWEEN 60 AND 80 TWO CONSTRUCTION
THE COLLAPSE OF SCAFFOLDINGS ON TOWN AND SHAU KEI WAN.
DRY
MONTH
KM/H, AND CAUSED SITES IN KENNEDY
AND
THE
MONTHLY
SEPTEMBER WAS AGAIN A RELATIVELY TOTAL RAINFALL OF 158.3 MILLIMETRES WAS 51 PER CENT BELOW NORMAL.
THE MEAN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE OF 1,010.6 HPA FOR THE MONTH THE THIRD HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR SEPTEMBER.
WAS
ONLY TYPHOON GERALD POSED A THREAT TO HONG KONG
THE STAND BY SIGNAL AND NECESSITATED THE HOISTING OF SEPTEMBER 9 TO 10.
IN THE MONTH
NO.
1 FROM
SOME MINOR FLOODING WERE RAINFALL ON SEPTEMBER 21, A HEAVY DOWNPOUR CAUSED
FEW MILLIMETRES OF IN THE URBAN AREAS, WHILE ONLY A RECORDED OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
OCTOBER WAS THE THIRD THAN THE CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGE.
CONSECUTIVE
MONTH
RAINFALL WITH
LESS
THE MONTHLY TOTAL RAINFALL OF 72.7 MILLIMETRES WAS 40 PER BELOW NORMAL.
CENT
THE MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 24.2 DEGREES SECOND HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR OCTOBER.
CELSIUS WAS THE
THE ONLY TROPICAL CYCLONE THAT AFFECTED HONG KONG IN THE WAS TYPHOON LYNN AND THE STRONG WIND SIGNAL NO. 3 WAS HOISTED FOR FIRST TIME IN THE YEAR.
ΜΟΝΤΗ
THE
THE ASSOCIATED STRONG GUSTY WINDS ON OCTOBER 24 BLEW DOWN BILLBOARDS AND TREES AND CAUSED A COUPLE OF INJURIES.
SOME
THE RAINFALL TREND WAS REVERSED IN NOVEMBER AND THE AMOUNT ALMOST DOUBLE THE NORMAL VALUE.
WAS
WILL
ВЕ MOSTLY
RECORD THE MEAN CLOUD AMOUNT WAS THE HIGHEST ON WHILE THE TOTAL SUNSHINE DURATION WAS THE SECOND LOWEST.
REMEMBERED FOR BUT NOVEMBER EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG WINTER MONSOON AT THE END OF THE MONTH CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS WERE BROKEN.
THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WAS HOISTED AT 3 PM ON BEFORE THE COLD FRONT REACHED HONG KONG THE FOLLOWING DAY.
ENHANCED BY TYPHOON NINA, WHICH ENTERED THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON REACHED GALE FORCE OFFSHORE ON THE 26,
MONSOON WINDS NOVEMBER NOVEMBER 28, LEADING TO RECORD MEAN WINDS OF 85 KM/H AT WAGLAN UNDER WINTER MONSOON CONDITIONS IN HONG KONG.
ISLAND
FOR NOVEMBER
THE SPELL OF AND MANY
NOVEMBER 27,
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