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JULY WEATHER ROUNDUP

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1975

LAST MONTH'S WEATHER WAS SUNNIER AND DRIER THAN USUAL WITH SUNSHINE 15.9 HOURS ADOVE NORMAL AND RAINFALL 79.3 MI DELOV NORMAL.

JULY WAS THE FIRST MONTH SINCE FEBRUARY THIS YEAR WITH BELOW AVERAGE RAINFALL. TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED AMOUNTED TO 292.4 M WHICH REPRESENTED ABOUT 79 PER CENT OF THE AVERAGE FOR JULY.

DESPITE THE DELOW-AVERAGE RAINFALL DURING THE MONTH, THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WAS STILL 44 PER CENT MORE THAN THE AVERAGE FOR THE SAME PERIOD.

THE WEATHER DURING THE FIRST ELEVEN DAYS OF THE MONTH WAS MAINLY HOT AND FINE, APART FROM SOME DRIEF MORNING SHOVERS, AND ON THE TENTH DAY THE AIR TEMPERATURE ROSE TO A MAXIMUM OF 32.7 DEGREES CELSIUS – THE HIGHEST RECORDED FOR THE MONTH.

HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXPERIENCED FROM JULY 12 TO 16 AS A SERIES OF UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES MOVED ACROSS SOUTH CHINA FROM EAST TO WEST. DURING THESE FIVE DAYS. THE ROYAL OBSERVA- TORY RECORDED 240.7 MM OF RAINFALL, MORE THAN DO PER CENT OF THE MONTH'S TOTAL FIGURE.

THE HEAVY DOWNPOUR CAUSED SOME FLOODING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND TWO PERSONS WERE WASHED AWAY INTO A STREAM. COMPARATIVELY COOLER CONDITIONS WERE EXPERIENCED DURING THIS PERIOD AND THE MONTH'S LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF 23.5 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON JULY 13.

ON JULY 17 AND 10, THE WEATHER IMPROVED TEMPORARILY AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE PACIFIC ANTICYCLONE EXTENDED WESTWARDS TO COVER SOUTH CHINA, HOWEVER, CLOODY WEATHER SOUN RETURNED ON JULY 19 WITH SHOVERS REPORTED DURING THE FOLLOWING FIVE DAYS.

ON JULY 25, THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON OVER THE NORTHERN PART CF THE SOUTH CHÍNA SEA WEAKENED AND THE WEATHER IN HONG KOLG LECAME FINE AND SUNNY UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH.

TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES WERE REPORTED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC DURING THE MOUTH, NO AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED FROM HOLG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AID NO FIRE DANGER WARNINGS WERE ISSUED.

DURING THE MONTH, A TOTAL OF 10 THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS AND THREE THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS VERE I&SUED.

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