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The weather remained sunny during the next seven days. Temperatures rose to above 30 degrees in the New Territories on October 20.
A rather dry airstream came over the territory on October 23 and winds turned northerly during the next day and freshened in the evening.
Clouds moved in and gave rise to light rain patches on the evening of October 25 and the next two days. Temperatures fell to 21.4 degrees, the lowest for the month, on the morning of October 26.
Under the influence of a dry continental airstream, clouds dispersed on October 28 and the weather became fine and sunny the rest of the month.
There were seven tropical cyclones over the western North Pacific and the South China Sea in the month.
Details of the issuance/hoisting and cancellation/lowering of various warnings/signals in the month are summarised in Table 1.1. Monthly meteorological figures and departures from normals of October are tabulated in Table 1.2.