STATION ROYAL OBSERVATORY, HONG KONG
Position: Lat. 22° 18′ N, Long. 114° 10′ 19″ E
Height of site of rain-gauge above Mean Sea-Level: 103 ft
Heights above ground: Thermometers, h = 5 ft; Sun Recorder, h = 35 ft; Rain-gauge, h = 1.5 ft
Air Temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit) from records of a thermograph, standardized by readings of whirling thermometers.
| Month | Means of | Excess above Normal | Absolute Extremes | Highest Wet Bulb | Rainfall | Weather, No. of Days of | Bright Sunshine | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max. | Min. | Combined | Highest Max. | Day | Lowest Min. | Day | Lowest Max. | Day | Highest Min. | Day | Total | Excess above Normal | Daily Max. | Day | Fog | Rain | Total hr. | Possible hr. | % | |||
| January | 65.7 | 56.0 | 60.9 | +0.5 | 73.9 | 22 | 37.3 | 8 | 54.6 | 23 | 64.9 | 23 | 64.9 | 0.0 | -32.7 | 0.0 | 133.8 | 337.6 | 39.6 | |||
| February | 60.9 | 53.6 | 57.3 | ... | 74.9 | 22 | 47.9 | 27 | 63.7 | ... | 68.7 | ... | 64.4 | +1.91 | 23.9 | 4 | 189.9 | 379.1 | 50.1 | |||
| March | 67.9 | 58.8 | 63.3 | -0.3 | 81.5 | ... | 46.8 | 14 | 50.8 | 12 | 73.3 | ... | 55.9 | 19.6 | 32.8 | +3.12 | 223.5 | 408.5 | 54.7 | |||
| April | 75.2 | 67.6 | 71.4 | +0.8 | 85.7 | 23 | 62.2 | 16 | 64.0 | 30 | 77.8 | ... | 73.3 | 46.1 | 53.0 | 17 | 189.9 | 398.6 | 47.6 | |||
| May | 85.8 | 78.0 | 81.9 | +4.0 | 91.3 | 28 | 75.1 | 30 | 80.6 | 2 | 82.5 | 26 | 82.8 | 63.7 | 232.0 | 30.5 | 195.5 | 412.9 | 47.3 | |||
| June | 86.0 | 79.1 | 82.6 | +0.9 | 89.9 | 23 | 76.3 | 1 | 80.8 | 31 | 81.6 | 22 | 83.0 | 642.4 | +248.5 | 145.1 | 133.7 | 367.1 | 36.4 | |||
| July | 85.8 | 78.2 | 82.0 | -0.3 | 89.7 | 6 | 75.1 | 25 | 79.7 | 24 | 81.7 | 9 | 83.0 | 653.0 | +271.5 | 107.2 | 188.7 | 359.2 | 52.5 | |||
| August | 86.5 | 79.0 | 82.7 | +0.3 | 90.9 | ... | 74.0 | 18 | 83.5 | 18 | 83.5 | ... | 83.5 | 530.5 | +162.9 | 155.2 | 176.1 | 330.8 | 53.2 | |||
| September | 83.9 | 77.7 | 80.5 | ... | 88.0 | 27 | 74.8 | 3 | 80.9 | 11 | 81.8 | 12 | 79.9 | 26 | 81.8 | 10.2 | -145.2 | 33.7 | 17 | 166.3 | 332.6 | 50.0 |
| October | 80.7 | 72.8 | 76.7 | 0.0 | 85.9 | 6 | 66.2 | 21 | 76.5 | 29 | 77.2 | ... | 76.5 | 2.1 | 113.8 | 0.9 | 188.7 | 359.2 | 52.5 | |||
| November | 75.4 | 66.4 | 70.9 | +0.9 | 81.1 | ... | 57.7 | 28 | 67.6 | 17 | 71.5 | 5 | 73.7 | 2.5 | 39.1 | 1.5 | 176.1 | 330.8 | 53.2 | |||
| December | 67.7 | 58.5 | 63.1 | -0.2 | 78.5 | 25 | 54.2 | 29 | 67.6 | ... | 71.5 | ... | 73.7 | 7.0 | 60.2 | 7 | 166.3 | 332.6 | 50.0 | |||
| Totals | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2323.3 | +148.6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2199.6 | 4316.0 | 51.0 |
| Means | 76.8 | 69.8 | 72.8 | +0.3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Extremes | 90.9 | 43.3 | ... | ... | ... | Jun 13 | ... | Mar 14 | 50.8 | ... | 82.6 | ... | 83.5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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The Royal Observatory is situated on a hillock, 100 feet high, near the southern extremity of the Kowloon Peninsula, about 1000 yards from the harbour to the South, 500 yards from the east side of the peninsula and 1900 yards from the west side. The surrounding country is flat, except to the North, where a range of hills from 200 to 400 feet high stretches across the peninsula a mile from the Observatory. From 3 to 20 miles farther North the ground is hilly over the greater part of the peninsula with peaks from 2000 to 3000 feet high. To the westward of the Observatory, five miles to the eastward of the Observatory, where another small peninsula projects southward, is a range of hills from 700 to 1000 feet high. The hills on Lantau Island, 10 miles distant, rise to 3000 feet.
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Lat, 22° 18′ N,, Long. 114° 10′ 19′′ E.
Height {
Site of rain-gange
above Mean Sen-Level
}
[I.=103 f.
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 1932.
CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY.
STATION ROYAL OBSERVATORY, HONG KONG.
Temperatures for 24 hours ending Mida.
Heights above ground: Thermis, h=5 ft; Sun Recorder.h,=35 ft; Rain-gauge, h, = 1.5 ft.
Air Temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit) from records of a thermograph, standardized by readings of whirling thermometers.
Means of
Max.
1982.
ntid
―
Mint,
Com-
Max. Min.
bined.
Q
Excess above
Normal.
Absolute Extremes,
Lowest
Highest
Day.
Day.
Min.
Lowest! Max.
Day
Highest 31.
Day,
Highest Wet Bulb,
Rainfall.
Excess
Total. above
[Normal.
Daily Day.
Мах.
11.m.
i.m.
m.m.
January
65.7 56.0
60·9 +05
73'9
22
+373
00
8
54-6
612 | 23
6+9
0'0
-
32'7
0'0
February
60-9
53.6
57'3
74'9
22
+3'7
27
47'9
63.7
#
68*7
644 + 191
23.9
4
10
March
67'9
58.8
6313-03
81.5
¿
46.8
14
50-8
704 | 12
73'3
55'9
19:6
32.8
+3
12
April
75'2
67.6
714 +08
85.7
23
62'2 16
64:0
73:3
30
77-8
94'0
46.1
53°0
I7
1 t
May
85.8
78.0
819 +40
19:3
28
75'1 30
80-6
2
82.5 | 26
82.8
63.7
-232-0
30'5
6
9
June
86'0
79.1
32.6
89.9 +0'9
23
76*3
1
80-8
31
81.6 22 26
8306424 +2485 | 1451
14
22
July August
September
Oktober
85.8 78.2
82.0
-0°3
89-7
6
75*1 25
7971
24
817
9
830 6530 +271'5 | 107′2
30
23
86.5
79°0
$2.7
+0.3
90'9
7.4°0
18
18
835 5305 +1629 | 155°2
4
22
ko
83.9
וי77
80'5
88-0 27
7+8
3
80'9
79'9
26
81-8
1 [0°2
-145°2
3371
17
I 2
80*7
72-8
76.7
0'0
85.9
66'2 21
765
29
77 2
Z
76-5
2'1
113-8
0'9
3
November
December
75'4
66'4
70'9
+0.9
811 6,
67.7 38.5 63*1
78.5 25
5++ 29 +70
67-6
17
715
5
7371 2.5
39+
1'5
7
60'2
7
67.8
69.8104'5 +754
899
19
OW WIN
Totals.
2323·3 +148-6
Mentis. 76.8 69.8 72.8
+0'3
1
ug.
June
Extremes.
90-9 13
43.3
Jun. H
50.8
| Mar.
82-6 22,26
83.5
15
Weather, No. of Days of
Bright Sunshine,
[ ++ || +++││1+
ON
133
8
15512
Aug.
4
Total
Fog.
Total.
Рег
cout.
Possi- hile.
3
2
4
9
Z
7
+*.
3
:
+
hr.
br.
%
hr.
+
7'1
65 337.6
329.6
35
3716
217
2199 65 79*7 24
431317
3*1 93-6
25 379'1
7.3 2235 55 408.5
4'1
[219
441334
30 404'0
46
412'9 +9 398.6
36 367-1
50 1337 | 43
359'2
1
5'9 1761 53
330*8
***
3
5'4 166.3 50
332'6
21
36
1887'2
+4316
5'1
43
The Royal Observatory is situated on a hillock, 100 feet high, near the southern extremity of the Kowloon Peninsula, about 1000 yards from the harbour to the South, 500 yards from the east side of the peninsula and 1900 yards from the west side. The surrounding country is flat, except to the North, where a range of hills from 200 to 400 feet high stretches across the peninsula a mile from the Observatory. From 3 to 20 miles farther North the ground is hilly over the greater part of the peninsula with peaks from 2000 to 3000 feet high. To the westward of the Observatory, Five miles to the eastward of the Observatory, where another small peninsula projects southward, is a range of hills from 700 to 1000 feet high. the hilla on Lautau Island, 10 miles distant, rise to 3000 feet.
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