SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1988
WARM AND LITTLE RAINFALL IN JANUARY
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JANUARY WAS WARM WITH LITTLE RAINFALL, REPORTED TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY
DEGREES WAS 2.3 DEGREES ABOVE
WAS 16.1 DEGREES
2.9 HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR
THE MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 17.9
TEMPERATURE
SECOND THE
OF
MINIMUM NORMAL AND THE MEAN DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. BOTH WERE JANUARY.
ALTHOUGH RAIN WAS RECORDED AMOUNTED TO ONLY 1.0 MM.
ON 13 DAYS, THE TOTAL RAINFALL
AFTERNOON.
EARLY
NEW YEAR'S DAY WAS CLOUDY WITH SUNNY PERIODS IN THE
AND THE NEXT DAY, BUT SOME RAIN PATCHES OCCURRED DURING THE NIGHT CLOUDS DISSIPATED IN THE EVENING. WINDS FRESHENED FROM THE EAST ON JANUARY 3 WHILE THE WEATHER CONTINUED TO BE FINE.
NORTH
A SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON REACHED HONG KONG FROM THE DURING THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 4. TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 14.4 DEGREES THE MORNING OF JANUARY 6. THE WEATHER REMAINED SUNNY FOR THE NEXT DAYS.
ON
TWO
JANUARY 9 AND THE WEATHER WINDS FRESHENED FROM THE EAST ON BECAME CLOUDY THE NEXT DAY WITH PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN OVERNIGHT,
OF JANUARY 11 AND HOWEVER, CLOUDS DISSIPATED IN THE MORNING
FIVE DAYS WITH THE TEMPERATURE SUNNY SKIES PREVAILED FOR THE NEXT RISING TO 23.4 DEGREES ON JANUARY 15.
A NORTHERLY SURGE ARRIVED DURING THE
WITH LIGHT THE WEATHER TURNED CLOUDY HOWEVER, FINE WEATHER SET IN DURING THE EARLY HOURS OF JANUARY 19 THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 4 DEGREES, WHICH WAS THE LOWEST FOR MONTH.
RAIN
MORNING OF JANUARY 17.
PATCHES THE NEXT
DAY.
AND THE
AND 22. THE MAXIMUM
A MOIST EASTERLY AIRSTREAM LIGHT RAIN TO HONG KONG ON JANUARY 20. IT WAS WARM WITH SUNNY
OF 21
TEMPERATURE ON JANUARY RECORDED ON JANUARY 22 WAS THE HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.
BROUGHT
CLOUDY WEATHER AND
SOME PERIODS
23.
7
DEGREES
FRESH EASTERLY WINDS BROUGHT COOLER AND CLOUDY WEATHER TO KONG FROM JANUARY 23 TO 25.
HONG
PERSISTED FOR RAIN RETURNED ON
GENERALLY FINE WEATHER SET IN ON JANUARY 26 AND THE NEXT THREE DAYS. CLOUDY WEATHER AND SOME LIGHT JANUARY 30 AND PERSISTED ON JANUARY 31.
TROPICAL CYCLONE, ROY, I'T FORMED AS A TROPICAL OF GUAM ON THE MORNING OF ABOUT 22 KILOMETRES PER
DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY, ONLY ONE DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC. DEPRESSION ABOUT 3,000 KILOMETRES EAST JANUARY 8 AND MOVED WEST-NORTHWESTWARDS AT HOUR.
ROY SOON INTENSIFIED TO A TROPICAL STORM AND SWEPT
ABOUT MARSHALL ISLANDS, LEAVING ONE
HOMELESS.
PERSON
DEAD AND
3.
ACROSS THE 500 PEOPLE
/ON JANUARY 10,