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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1975

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COLDEST DAY IN ANY NOVEMBER SINCE 1922

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HONG KONG LAST MONTH EXPERIENCED ITS COLDEST DAY IN ANY NOVEMBER FOR 59 YEARS.

THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 0.5 DEGREES CELSIUS RECORDED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY ON NOVEMBER 24 WAS THE LOWEST IN ANY NOVEMBER SINCE 1922. IT ALSO RANKED AS THE FOURTH LOVEST ON RECORD FOR NOVEMBER.

THE TEMPERATURES AT TAI MO SHAN AND TATE'S CAIRN THAT MORNING WERE 0.2 DEGREE CELSIUS AND 2.5 DEGREES CELSIUS RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, NEITHER FROST NOR ICE FORMATION WAS REPORTED.

IN GENERAL, THE MONTH WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL. LAST MONTH WAS MUCH DRIER THAN USUAL. THE RAINFALL RECORDED AMOUNTED TO ONLY 17.4 MM, WHICH IS ONLY 40 PER CENT OF THE AVERAGE FIGURE FOR NOVEMBER.

THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, HOWEVER, IS STILL 39 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL.

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DURING THE MONTH, FOUR TROPICAL CYCLONES WERE REPORTED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, BUT NONE CAME CLOSE ENOUGH TO THREATEN HONG KONG.

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