SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1988
RAINFALL IN JULY ABOVE NORMAL
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YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE NOVEMBER LAST
JULY CALENDAR MONTH
WAS ABOVE NORMAL, THE ROYAL TODAY (SUNDAY) IN ITS REPORT ON THE MONTH'S WEATHER.
RAINFALL FOR A OBSERVATORY
SAID
RAINFALL OF 327.4 MILLIMETRES IN CENT ABOVE THE NORMAL AMOUNT OP 316.8
THE RAINFALL OF THE
RECORDED THE OBSERVATORY JULY, WHICH WAS THREE PER MILLIMETRES.
HOWEVER, FOR THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR AMOUNT OF 875.4 MILLIMETRES STILL REPRESENTS ONLY 67 PER CENT NORMAL OF 1,309.7 MILLIMETRES AND IS THE SEVENTH LOWEST ON RECORD.
ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL,
PER CENT WAS THE THE MEAN AMOUNT OF CLOUD OF 56
FIFTH LOWEST ON
RECORD FOR JULY.
THE TOTAL DURATION OF BRIGHT SUNSHINE, 259.6 THAN 10 PER CENT ABOVE THE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH.
HOURS, WAS MORE
DURING THE MONTH MOST OF THE RAINFALL
WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO WIND SIGNAL TYPHOON WARREN WHICH REQUIRED THE HOISTING OF THE STRONG NO. 3 FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.
THE ROYAL ALMOST 250 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED AT
300 MILLIMETRES FELL IN OBSERVATORY DURING JULY 19 AND 20 AND OVER
WIDESPREAD PARTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN
SEVERE
FLOODING OCCURRED.
NEW
WHERE TERRITORIES
THE HEAVY RAIN ALSO RESULTED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
LANDSLIPS AT VARIOUS
SOME MORNING
AFTERNOON OF
THE WEATHER FOR JULY 1 WAS GENERALLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS. AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDED TOWARDS THE SOUTH CHINA COAST FROM THE EAST, THE WEATHER TURNED FINE DURING THE JULY 2.
REMAINING OVER THE NORTHERN WITH THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
FINE WEATHER PREVAILED FOR PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA,
THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS APART FROM SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS ON JULY 4 TO 5.
THE SUNNY CONDITIONS ALSO KEPT THE DAYTIME MAXIMUM TO OVER 32 DEGRERS CELSIUS ON MOST OF THE DAYS.
TEMPERATURE
A MAXIMUM OF 33.8 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON JULY 9, TEMPERATURE RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR.
THE HIGHEST
MEANWHILE AN