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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1993
EVEN
THOUGH
THE SUN BROKE THROUGH THAT DAY, DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WERE NO MORE THAN 12 DEGREES AS COLD AIR OF POLAR ORIGIN CONTINUED TO POUR FORTH FROM THE NORTH.
JANUARY 17 WAS AGAIN CLOUDY. LIGHT RAIN BEGAN FALLING THAT EVENING AND ABATED ON JANUARY 19.
A NORTHERLY REPLENISHMENT ON JANUARY 23 BROKE THE DRY SPELL OF THE PREVIOUS FOUR DAYS AND USHERED IN THE CHINESE NEW YEAR WITH RAIN.
RAINFALL OF 13.3 MILLIMETRES FELL ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE CHINESE NEW YEAR, A RECORD SECOND ONLY TO THE RECORD OF 15.8 MILLIMETRES SET WAY BACK IN 1911.
THE CLOUDS BEGAN TO THIN OUT ON JANUARY 24 AS THE NORTHERLIES FINALLY BROUGHT IN DRY CONTINENTAL AIR IN DEPTH. THE WEATHER TURNED FINE
AND PERSISTED TILL THE END OF THE MONTH.
THE ABUNDANT SUNSHINE BROUGHT MILDER CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY, BUT THE CLEAR SKIES ACCENTUATED THE NIGHT-TIME COOLING ESPECIALLY OVER THE INLAND REGION.
TA KWU LING RECORDED SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES ON THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 28, AND GROUND FROST WAS REPORTED IN THE NORTHERN NEW TERRITORIES ON THE MORNINGS OF JANUARY 29 AND 30,
FRESH ΤΟ STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ON JANUARY 27 CAUSED SCAFFOLDINGS IN NGAU TAU KOK TO COLLAPSE.
MEAN
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES REMAINED BELOW 40 PER CENT ON JANUARY 27 AND 28. BETWEEN JANUARY 27 AND 31, NEARLY 100 CASES OF HILL FIRE WERE REPORTED.
NO TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN JANUARY.
NO AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED IN THE MONTH AS A RESULT OF INCLEMENT
WEATHER.
DETAILS OF THE ISSUANCE/HOISTING AND CANCELLATION/LOWERING VARIOUS WARNINGS/SIGNALS IN THE MONTH ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 1.1.
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MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL ARE TABULATED IN TABLE 1.2.
/TABLE 1.1