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WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VERY DRY ON JANUARY 18 AND 19. THE TEMPERATURE ON JANUARY 19 FELL TO 11.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS THE LOWEST OF THE MONTH.

A DISTURBANCE IN THE EASTERLIES CAUSED RAIN BETWEEN JANUARY 21 AND 23 AND THERE WAS SOME COASTAL FOG ON JANUARY 23.

THE WEATHER BECAME FINE AND SUNNY ON JANUARY 24 AND 25 APART FROM SOME MORE COASTAL FOG IN THE MORNING OF JANUARY 25. THE MONTH'S HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF 24.6 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON JANUARY 25.

ON JANUARY 26, A WEAK COLD FRONT PASSED SOUTH ACROSS HONG KONG AND BROUGHT TRACES OF RAIN. IT BECAME CLOUDY AND COOLER UNTIL JANUARY 29 WHEN EASTERLY WINDS STRENGTHENED OFFSHORE EARLY IN THE MORNING. HOWEVER, THE WEATHER BECAME FINE AND SUNNY AGAIN ON JANUARY 30 AND 31.

DURING THE MONTH NO AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER AND NO THUNDERSTORM OR HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS WERE ISSUED.

THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS ISSUED ON JANUARY 3, 5-10, 11, 15-16, 18, 20-21, 24-28 AND 30-31 WHILE THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 10-11, 16-17 AND 18-20.

THE ONLY SIGNAL HOISTED DURING THE MONTH WAS THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WHICH WAS RAISED AT 12.05 AM ON JANUARY 29 BUT IT WAS LOWERED AT 6 AM THE SAME MORNING.

THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE I

SUNSHINE

RAINFALL

CLOUD INESS

RELATIVE HUMIDITY

MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE

MEAN TEMPERATURE

169.7 HOURS- 16.2 HOURS ABOVE NORMAL

16.0 MM

57 PER CENT-

10.9 MM BELOW NORMAL

2 PER CENT BELOW NORMAL

70 PER CENT- 1 PER CENT BELOW NORMAL

19.3 DEGREES CELSIUS»

16.9 DEGREES CELSIUS=

MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 15.1 DEGREES CELSIUS-

MEAN DEW POINT

TOTAL EVAPORATION

0.6 DEGREE CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL

1.3 DEGREES CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL

1.9 DEGREES CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL

1.4 DEGREES CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL

11.2 DEGREES CELSIUS=

100.0 MM

6.9 MM BELOW NORMAL

THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 24.6 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON JANUARY 25 AND THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 11.5 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON JANUARY 19.

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