SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1994
THE MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 1 MILLIMETRE WAS ONLY ABOUT TWO PER CENT OF THE FEBRUARY NORMAL OF 48 MILLIMETRES, MAKING IT THE SEVENTH DRIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD.
FIRST
MARCH WAS WARMER, CLOUDIER AND MORE HUMID THAN THUNDERSTORM
OF THE YEAR OCCURRED ON MARCH 16.
NORMAL. THE
HOWEVER, THE MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 49 MILLIMETRES FELL SHORT OF THE MARCH NORMAL OF 66.9 MILLIMETRES BY 27 PER CENT.
APRIL WAS RELATIVELY COOL AND CLOUDY WITH ACTIVE LATE-SEASON SURGES OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON.
ALTHOUGH RAIN WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY FOR 23 DAYS IN THE MONTH, THE MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 136.3 MILLIMETRES WAS STILL 16 PER CENT BELOW THE APRIL NORMAL OF 161.5 MILLIMETRES.
THE WEATHER IN MAY WAS TYPICAL OF THE SEASON IN BOTH TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION.
MOST OF THE RAIN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH MONSOON TROUGHS WHICH AFFECTED THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS FROM TIME TO TIME.
THE MONTHLY RAINFALL WAS 338.4 MILLIMETRES, ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 316.7 MILLIMETRES FOR MAY.
SEVEN PER CENT
WITH MOIST SOUTHWEST MONSOON AND THE PRESENCE OF ACTIVE TROUGHS NEAR THE SOUTH CHINA COAST, JUNE WAS CLOUDIER THAN NORMAL AND UNUSUALLY HUMID.
THE MEAN DEW POINT OF 25.2 DEGREES WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST RECORDED IN JUNE. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ON JUNE 11 AND 16 CAUSED WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN THE URBAN AREAS, NECESSITATING THE ISSUANCE OF RED RAINSTORM WARNINGS ON BOTH OCCASIONS AND ALSO THE BLACK RAINSTORM WARNING IN THE LATTER CASE.
THE FIRST TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE YEAR TO AFFECT HONG KONG WAS TYPHOON KORYN WHICH NECESSITATED THE HOISTING OF THE NO.8 GALE OR STORM SIGNAL ON JUNE 27.
WITH ONLY ONE RAIN-FREE DAY IN THE MONTH, THE MONTHLY TOTAL RAINFALL OF 485.2 MILLIMETRES WAS 29 PER CENT ABOVE THE JUNE NORMAL OF 376 MILLIMETRES.
JULY WAS UNUSUALLY HOT.
THE MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 27.6 DEGREES AND THE MEAN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 29.4 DEGREES RANKED RESPECTIVELY THE HIGHEST AND SECOND HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR JULY.
OVERALL IT WAS A RELATIVELY DRY MONTH DESPITE MORE THAN 100 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN DURING THE PASSAGE OF SEVERE TROPICAL STORM LEWIS. MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 213.7 MILLIMETRES WAS 34 PER CENT BELOW THE JULY NORMAL OF 323.5 MILLIMETRES.
THE
THE VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUED INTO AUGUST.
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