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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1992
HONG AUGUST 30 WAS ONE OF THE HOTTEST DAYS EVER EXPERIENCED IN
DAY BEAT THE KONG. THE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 32.0 DEGREES THAT PREVIOUS RECORD OF 31.9 DEGREES ON AUGUST 18 1990, BY 0.1 DEGREE.
THE DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 30.0 DEGREES
EVER FOR ALL
THE HIGHEST
DAILY MAXIMUM MONTHS. 35.0 DEGREES ON AUGUST 30 AND THE MEAN DAILY MAXIMUM THE MONTH OF 32.0 DEGREES WERE BOTH THE FIFTH HIGHEST FOR AUGUST.
WAS THE SECOND OF TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE FOR
DEGREES BOTH THE MONTHLY MEAN OF 29.4
AND MEAN DAILY
FOR SECOND HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH OF 27.3 DEGREES RANKED THIRD HIGHEST FOR ALL MONTHS.
MINIMUM AUGUST AND
PER HUMIDITY OF 77
CENT AND
MONTHLY RECORDED
THE MONTHLY RELATIVE RAINFALL OF 97.7 MILLIMETRES WERE BOTH THE THIRD LOWEST EVER IN AUGUST.
THE TOTAL MONTHLY RAINFALL WAS ONLY ABOUT ONE-QUARTER NORMAL OF 391.4 MILLIMETRES, MAKING IT THE DRIEST AUGUST SINCE 1962.
OF THE
MONTHS OF
HOWEVER, WITH THE LARGE SURPLUS IN THE FIRST SEVEN
OF 2508.3 THIS YEAR, THE TOTAL RAINFALL BETWEEN JANUARY AND AUGUST
1707.4 MILLIMETRES WAS 47 PER CENT ABOVE THE JANUARY-AUGUST NORMAL OF MILLIMETRES AND WAS THE FOURTH HIGHEST FOR THE SAME PERIOD.
WEATHER
AT THE END OF JULY
CONTINUED
INTO
THE FINE AUGUST. APART FROM SOME BRIEF SHOWERS ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 1, WEATHER FOR THE FIRST EIGHT DAYS WAS SUNNY AND HOT.
EARLY THE
OF THE
A MODERATE SOUTHWESTERLY AIRSTREAM BLEW FOR MOST PART PERIOD AND WINDS WERE OCCASIONALLY FRESH OFFSHORE FROM AUGUST 4 TO 7.
OF
OCCURRENCE OF SOME THUNDERY SHOWERS ON THE LATTER PART
TO EAST ΤΟ WIND DIRECTION BY A SHIFT IN FOLLOWED
THE AUGUST 8 WAS SOUTHEASTERLY.
THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF 25.6 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH RAIN ON THE EVENING OF AUGUST 8 ALTHOUGH LONG PERIODS OF PREVAILED DURING THE DAY.
IN
THE
OCCURRED SUNSHINE
MORE SHOWERY AS TOWARDS THE
FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS TURNED WEATHER SCATTERED RAIN CLOUDS FROM THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DRIFTED COAST OF GUANGDONG.
APART FROM FRESHENING OF THE EASTERLIES ON AUGUST 10, SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS PREVAILED FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD.
MODERATE
LOCAL WEATHER WAS INFLUENCED BY TROPICAL STORM MARK FROM AUGUST 16 TO 24.
/DURING THE