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TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1974.

RAIN RECORDED ALMOST EVERYDAY IN JUNE

BUT RAINFALL FIGURE BELOW NORMAL

ALTHOUGH RAIN WAS RECORDED ON 25 DAYS IN JUNE, THE RAINFALL FIGURE TOTALLING 323.3 MM -- WAS STILL ABOUT 20 PER CENT BELOW NORMAL.

AND ACCORDING TO A MONTHLY WEATHER ROUNDUP ISSUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY TODAY, THE WEATHER LAST MONTH WAS CLOUDIER AND LESS SUNNY THAN USUAL WITH ONLY 116.6 HOURS OF SUNSHINE RECORDED - THE NINTH LOVEST ON RECORD * FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.

TYPHOON +DINAH+ AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AFFECTED HONG KONG ON JUNE 11 AND JUNE 6 RESPECTIVELY, AND THE NO. 1 AND NO. 3 SIGNALS WERE HOISTED IN BOTH CASES.

FIFTEEN AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN JUNE DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER.

THIRTEEN THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS AND FOUR THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS WERE ISSUED DURING THE MONTH, BUT NO FIRE DANGER WARNINGS VERE ISSUED.

THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 34 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON JUNE 11, AND THIS WAS THE FOURTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 22.7 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON JUNE 6..

THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:

SUNSHINE RAINFALL

CLOUD INESS

RELATIVE HUMIDITY

MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MEAN TEMPERATURE

MEAN MINIMUN TEMPERATURE MEAN DEV POINT

TOTAL EVAPORATION

116.6 HOURS= 323.3 MM= 82%= 82%=

30.2 DEG C= 27.4 DEG C=

25.4 DEG C= 24.0 DEG C= 145.1 MM-

43.3 HOURS BELOW NORMAL 77.9 KM BELOW NORMAL 4% ABOVE NORMAL

2% BELOU NORHAL

0.4 DEG C ABOVE NORMAL 0.1 DEG C ABOVE NORMAL NORMAL

0.2 DEG C BELOW NORMAL 14.3 MM BELOW NORMAL

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