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SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1983
FLOODING
ON MAY 27, MUDSLIPS WERE REPORTED AT TWO LOCATIONS IN KWUN TONG WHERE 29 PEOPLE HAD TO FLEE THEIR HUTS. ON MAY 28, THERE WERE 15 REPORTS OF FLOODING AND 12 REPORTS OF MUDSLIPS. WAS MOST SERIOUS IN KAM TIN, TAI PO AND SHA TIN WHERE EXTENSIVE FARM LANDS WERE INUNDATED.
MUDSLIPS OCCURRED IN SEVERAL SQUATTER AREAS IN EAST KOWLOON, LEADING TO THE EVACUATION OF MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE.
ABOUT TEN TONNES OF MUD SLID DOWN A SLOPE NEAR THE 6-1/2 MILE- STONE AT CASTLE PEAK ROAD WHILE ANOTHER MUDSLIP WAS REPORTED AT THE TSUEN WAN BOUND ROUTE TWISK NEAR CHUEN LUNG. THE SLOPE OF A PLAYGROUND NEAR WARWICK ROAD IN KOWLOON TONG COLLAPSED IN THE RAIN. ANOTHER MUDSLIP OCCURRED AT A HILLSIDE NEAR SAM MUN TSAI SAN TSUEN IN TAI PO.
ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SOME THUNDERY SHOWERS ON MAY 29, SUNNY INTERVALS WERE ALSO EXPERIENCED. THE WEATHER FURTHER IMPROVED ON MAY 30 AND 31 AND SHOWERS WERE ONLY LIGHT AND ISOLATED.
DURING THE MONTH, ONE PLANE WAS DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER.
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON MAY 6, 9, 12, 15, 20, 23 24, AND 26 TO 29 WHILE FLOOD WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT ON MAY 15, 20, 23, 26 AND 28. NO FIRE DANGER WARNINGS WERE ISSUED AND THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WAS NOT DISPLAYED.
THERE WERE NO TROPICAL CYCLONES OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE MONTH.
THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:
SUNSHINE
RAINFALL
CLOUD INESS
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
MEAN TEMPERATURE
MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
128.5 HOURS 34.1 HOURS BELOW NORMAL
372.5 MM = 74.4 MM ABOVE NORMAL
80 % - 7 % MORE THAN NORMAL
85 % -2 % HIGHER THAN NORMAL
28 DEGREES CELSIUS- 0.9 DEGREE CELSIUS
BELOW NORMAL
26 DEGREES CELSIUS- 0.1 DEGREE CELSIUS
ABOVE NORMAL
24.2 DEGREES CELSIUS- 0.3 DEGREE CELSIUS
ABOVE NORMAL
MEAN DEW POINT
23.1 DEGREES CELSIUS- 0.4 DEGREES CELSIUS
ABOVE NORMAL
106.1 MM- 44.1 MM BELOW NORMAL
TOTAL EVAPORATION
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON MAY 31
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 21.3 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON MAY 1.
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