MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1993
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$48 A COPY.
HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS IS NOW ON SALE AT
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HONG KONG.
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FINE AND HOT IN AUGUST
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AUGUST WAS GENERALLY FINE AND HOT WITH THE MONTHLY MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 26.8 DEGREES BEING THE FIFTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH, ACCORDING TO A MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT RELEASED BY THE ROYAL
OBSERVATORY.
EVEN THOUGH CONDITIONS WERE RATHER HUMID, THE MONTHLY RAINFALL AMOUNTED TO 182.8 MILLIMETRES ONLY, 47 PER CENT OF THE AUGUST NORMAL OF 391.4 MILLIMETRES.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENT DURING THE MONTH WAS THE APPROACH OF TYPHOON TASHA ON AUGUST 20 WHICH NECESSITATED THE HOISTING OF TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNAL NO. 8 FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR.
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THE TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 WAS 1,439.9 MILLIMETRES, PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL OF 1,707.4 MILLIMETRES FOR THE SAME PERIOD.
AUGUST BEGAN IN A MIXTURE OF SUNSHINE AND RAIN. FRESH SOUTHERLY OFFSHORE WERE ACCOMPANIED BY ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWERS ON AUGUST 1 AND 2.
WINDS
WITH THE ONSET OF A MODERATE SOUTHWESTERLY AIRSTREAM, GRADUALLY CEASED ON AUGUST 3.
SHOWERS
SUNNY AND HOT WEATHER PREVAILED FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS. WITH LONG PERIODS OF SUNSHINE, TEMPERATURES STEADILY CLIMBED TO THE MONTH'S HIGHEST OF 33.4 DEGREES ON AUGUST 5.
OWING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNSETTLED WEATHER IN THE VICINITY OF HONG KONG, THE WEATHER TURNED CLOUDY ON AUGUST 9. SHOWERS INCREASED THE NEXT DAY AND BECAME HEAVY AND THUNDERY IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN WINDS TURNED SOUTHERLY.
MORE THAN 30 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN FELL WITHIN AN HOUR OVER THE
TERRITORY.
AN OUTBREAK OF ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWERS ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 11 WAS FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SHOWERY DAY ON AUGUST 13.
AFTER A LULL ON AUGUST 14, SHOWERS INCREASED AGAIN THE NEXT DAY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPED NEAR BEIBU WAN.
SCATTERED THUNDERY SHOWERS AFFECTED HONG KONG AND THE UNSETTLED WEATHER LASTED TILL AUGUST 17.
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