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TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1992
THE TOTAL RAINFALL FROM JANUARY TO JUNE WAS A STAGGERING 2,052.5 MILLIMETRES, WHICH WAS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NORMAL OF 992.5 MILLIMETRES FOR THE SAME PERIOD AND AS MUCH AS 150 MILLIMETRES MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET WAY BACK IN 1889.
A FRESH EASTERLY AIRSTREAM BLEW FOR THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH. THE WEATHER WAS MAINLY FINE AND WARM.
AS THE FASTERLIES SUBSIDED AND A MOTST MARITIME AIRSTREAM MOVED IN. THE WEATHER TURNED CLOUDY WITH LIGHT RAIN AND COASTAL ON JUNE 3.
MIST
THE MIST THICKENED INTO SOME POG PATCHES OVER OFFSHORE WATERS THAT NIGHT.
APART FROM THE ODD LIGHT SHOWERS, THI: WEATHER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WAS FINE AND HOT.
THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON SET IN LATE ON JUNE 5 AND WINDS BECAME FRESH AND GUSTY THE NEXT DAY.
MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON JUNE 6, WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHED FROM THE NORTH, THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON BECAME EVEN MORE ACTIVE EARLY ON JUNE 7.
RAIN AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WITH THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOUR OCCURRING IN THE LATE MORNING.
THE
AGAIN, THE CENTRAL PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES HAD MOST OF RAIN, WITH SOME RAINGAUGES RECORDING OVER 130 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL.
THE TROUGH CROSSED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST THAT DAY AND LINGERED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF GUANGDONG FOR SEVERAL MORE DAYS.
THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY AND SHOWERY FROM JUNE 8 TO 11. IT WAS UNDER SUCH RAINY CONDITIONS THAT THE MONTH'S LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF 22.5 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON JUNE 8.
DESPITE LESS FREQUENT OUTBREAKS OF RAIN AND MORE SUNSHINE ON JUNE 12, THE IMPROVEMENT TURNED OUT TO BE SHORT-LIVED.
THE CONVERGENCE BETWEEN THE SOUTHEASTERLIES FROM THE PACIFIC AND THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON IN THE VICINITY OF HONG KONG LED то MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER ON JUNE 13.
RAIN CLOUDS DEVELOPED MOSTLY NEAR THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY AND THE WESTERN PART OF THE TERRITORY RECORDED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 200 MILLIMETRES.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS WAS PARTICULARLY RAMPANT IN THE LATTER PART OF THE DAY.
THE
FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON,
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WERE QUITE STRONG AT CHEUNG CHAU WITH HOURLY MEAN WINDS REACHING 54 KILOMETRES PER HOUR,
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