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Floods. The heaviest rainfall occurred as follows:-
Period. Amount. Inches, Duration. Hours.
May June July
31 2 to June 13
30.675 117
21 12 June 26 0
3.820 19
11 6 1 July 10 11
7.110 22
11 August 16 22
"} August 20 17
2.780 16
September 17 3
September 21 8
3.170 12
September 26 3 September 28 8
4.195 17
"}
Landslides occurred in several places during the heavy rains from May 31 to June 13.
Drought.-A serious drought commenced on October 4 and continued till the end of the year. The only rain which fell during this period was 0.595 inch from October 20 to 24, 0·075 inch on November 21 to 22, and 0·050 inch on December 23. Light rain, to the extent of 0.345 inch, fell from January 1 to 8, 1917, but a dry period followed until February 6, when a period of drizzling rain commenced, 0·125 inch falling from February 6 to 12.
Typhoons. The centre of a small typhoon passed within 20 miles to the west of the Observatory on the morning of June 2. The maximum wind velocity was only 44 miles per hour, however, at 22 on June 1. The maximum wind velocity for the year, 55 m.p.h., occurred during a typhoon which passed about 150 miles to the south of Hongkong on September 6-7.
The tracks of 15 typhoons and 10 of the principal depressions which occurred in the Far East in 1916 are given in two plates in the Monthly Meteorological Bulletin for December 1916.
IV. PUBLICATIONS,
Daily Weather Report and Map.-A weather map of the Far East and the Daily Weather Report, containing meteorological observations, usually at 6 a.m. and 2 p.m., from about 40 stations in China, Indo-China, Japan, the Philippines, and Borneo, and daily weather forecasts for Hongkong to Gap Rock, the Formosa Channel, the south coast of China between Hongkong and Lammocks, and between Hongkong and Hainan, were issued as in former years. Copies of the map were exhibited on notice boards at the Hongkong Ferry Pier, the Blake Pier, and the Harbour Office. One copy was sent daily to the Director of the Meteorological Observatory, Macao. Forty copies of the Daily Weather Report were distributed to various offices, etc., in the Colony, and a copy was sent daily to the Director of the Meteorological Observatory, Macao. Copies were sent every week to Lieutenant-Commander Pradiyat, Royal Siamese Navy.
The delivery of the Map and Weather Report was accelerated by the employment of an additional coolie on August 1, and in September the two evening papers were placed first on the list of recipients of the Weather Report to ensure its publication.
The weather forecast was telegraphed daily to the Cape d'Aguilar Wireless Station in time for distribution at 1 p.m.
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Floods. The heaviest rainfall occurred as follows:-
Period.
Amount.
Inches,
Duration. Hours.
May June July
31 2
મૈં
to June
13 6h
30.675
117
21 12
June
26 0
3.820
19
11
6 1
July
10 11
7.110
22
11
August 16 22
"}
August 20 17
2.780
16
September 17
3
September 21 8
3:170
12
September 26 3 September 28 8
4.195
17
"}
Landslides occurred in several places during the heavy rains from May 31 to June 13.
Drought.-A serious drought commenced on October 4 and continued till the end of the year. The only rain which fell during this period was 0.595 inch from October 20 to 24, 0·075 inch on November 21 to 22, and 0·050 inch on December 23. Light rain, to the extent of 0.345 iuch, fell from January 1 to 8, 1917, but a dry period followed until February 6, when a period of drizzling rain com- menced, 0·125 inch falling from February 6 to 12.
Typhoons. The centre of a small typhoon passed within 20 miles to the west of the Observatory on the morning of June 2. The maximum wind velocity was only 44 miles per hour, however, at 22 on June 1. The maximum wind velocity for the year, 55 m.p.h., occurred during a typhoon which passed about 150 miles to the south of Hongkong on September 6-7.
The tracks of 15 typhoons and 10 of the principal depressions which occurred in the Far East in 1916 are given in two plates in the Monthly Meteorological Bulletin for December 1916.
IV. PUBLICATIONS,
Daily Weather Report and Mup.-A weather map of the Far East and the Daily Weather Report, containing meteorological obser- vations, usually at 6 a.m. and 2 p.m., from about 40 stations in China, Indo-China, Japan, the Philippines, and Borneo, and daily weather forecasts for Hongkong to Gap Rock, the Formosa Channel, the south coast of China between Hongkong and Lammocks, and be- tween Hongkong and Hainan, were issued as in former years. Copies of the map were exhibited on notice boards at the Hongkong Ferry Pier, the Blake Pier, and the Harbour Office. One copy was sent daily to the Director of the Meteorological Observatory, Macao. Forty copies of the Daily Weather Report were distributed to va- rious offices, etc., in the Colony, and a copy was sent daily to the Director of the Meteorological Observatory, Macao. Copies were sent every week to Lieutenant-Commander Pradiyat, Royal Siamese Navy.
The delivery of the Map and Weather Report was accelerated by the employment of an additional coolie on August 1, and in September the two evening papers were placed first on the list of recipients of the Weather Report to ensure its publication.
The weather forecast was telegraphed daily to the Cape d'Aguilar Wireless Station in time for distribution at 1
p.m.
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