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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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