CO129-548-1 Annual reports from various government departments 3-4-1934 - 11-6-1935 — Page 343

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many of the characteristics of the typhoon which caused the disaster of 18th September 1906. It was of extremely limited area, and although its existence was sufficient to cause hurricane force at about 30 miles south east of Hong Kong, it must have commenced to fill up soon afterwards, for the wind began to moderate rapidly in Hong Kong before the barometric minimum was reached (at 10h. 10m. a.m.), and although the direction of cloud motion conclusively indicated the passage of the centre to the immediate south of Hong Kong between 10h a.m. and noon, the subsequent freshening of the wind between noon and 1 p.m. was slight.

4. The tracks of 18 typhoons which occurred in the Far East in 1933, are given in a plate which will be included with the Meteorological Results for 1933, now in the press. The following table gives a summary of the meteorological data published monthly in the Government Gazette during the year:

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Temperature.

Humidity.

Wind.

Cloud-

Month.

iness.

Sun-

shine.

Rain.

Absolute

Max.

Mean

Max.

Mean.

Mean

Min.

Absolute

Min.

Rel.

Abs.

Direction. Velocity.

Q

p.e.

in18.

p.c.

hrs.

ins.

m.p.b.

Febritary

March

January

A pril

May.

72.5

60.9

55-4

79.3

65.1

60.0

LA LA

51-5

+i+

56.9

53.2

00 00

82.0

69.6

63.6

59.7

47.9

86,6

77-3

90.0

84.0

June

July.

August

91.2

87.0

93.0

87.9

92.9

89.5

September.

92.2

87.1

11-00 00 00 00

N N 00

بیا

2410 maa

68.3

57.2

in 000 N

0.34

0.42

18

48

75.8

0.480

NE

8.2

97.9

0.100

E

15.8

0.47

71

131.9

1.015

EN

12.9

0.64

76

145.5

1.915

E

12.3

75.1

70.7

82

0.80

216.8

SKI

4-515

10.8

79.4

73.7

83

0.92

153.2 | 16,440

11.7

78.8

75-7

83

0.91

209.3 1

14310

ESE

9.3

80.1

76.0

84

0.90

299.5 1

1.735

~/E

9.4

78.3

74.2

0.35

193.7

12.580

EN

11.8

October

90.0

82.3

76.7

73.1

64.6

59'0

191.6

3.745

ENE

13.2

November

82.0

75.3

69.1

65-3

59.3

December ...............***

77.3

70.4

64.8

61.4

55.0

70

74

0.50

203.4

4-135

ENE

10.8

0.46

47

207.8

1.375

E/N

6'01

Mean, Total or

Extreme...

93.0

78.0

72.5

69.0

41.4

78

0.65

68

2,126.4

62.345

E

11.4

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