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MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1984

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WIDESPREAD COASTAL FOG BETWEEN 20 AND 24 CAUSED A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AT SEA AND SERIOUSLY AFFECTED AIR AND SEA TRAFFIC.

APRIL WAS AGAIN WET WITH A TOTAL RAINFALL OF 171.1 MM, 23 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL.

HAIL WAS REPORTED ON APRIL 5 AND 7, AND HEAVY THUNDERY SHOWERS

THE ON APRIL 8 CAUSED FLOODING IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG. MONTH WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL.

MAY WAS THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH WITH AN ABOVE AVERAGE RAINFALL OF 372.5 MM. HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAUSED FLOODING AND LANDSLIPS ON EIGHT DAYS OF THE MONTH.

JUNE RECORDED 445.8 MM OF RAINFALL, OF WHICH 346.7 MM FELL ON JUNE 17, CAUSING WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND LANDSLIPS, AND KILLING ONE MAN, INJURING 12 OTHERS AND MAKING MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE HOMELESS.

THE MONTH'S MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 27 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS THE HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR JUNE.

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JULY WAS THE FIRST MONTH IN THE YEAR WITH BELOW AVERAGE RAINFALL 131,2 MM OR 41 PER CENT OF THE NORMAL FIGURE. WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 29.4 DEGREES CELSIUS, IT WAS THE SECOND HOTTEST JULY.

THE FIRST TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNAL IN THE YEAR WAS DISPLAYED ON JULY 12 WHEN SEVERE TROPICAL STORM TIP APPROACHED HONG KONG.

TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNALS WERE ALSO DISPLAYED FOR TYPHOON VERA ON JULY 15 AND TYPHOON WAYNE ON JULY 25.

AUGUST'S MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 29.0 DEGREE CELSIUS WAS THE THIRD HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.

HURRICANE SIGNAL NO. 10 WAS HOISTED IN THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 9 FOR TYPHOON ELLEN, THE WORST TYPHOON TO STRIKE HONG KONG SINCE TYPHOON HOPE IN 1979.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WERE RECORDED AT WAGLAN ISLAND OVER A PERIOD OF EIGHT HOURS, THE LONGEST DURATION OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS SINCE RECORDS BEGAN AT THE STATION IN DECEMBER 1952. GUSTS EXCEEDING 100 KNOTS WERE RECORDED AT MOST METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS IN THE TERRITORY.

DURING THE PASSAGE OF TYPHOON ELLEN, 10 PEOPLE WERE KILLED, 12 MISSING, 333 OTHERS INJURED AND ABOUT 1 200 PEOPLE MADE HOMELESS.

STRONG WIND SIGNAL NO. 3 WAS HOISTED TOWARDS THE END OF SEPTEMBER WHEN SEVERE TROPICAL STORM GEORGIA CAME WITHIN 740 KILOMETRES.

OTHER SIGNIFICANT WEATHER PHENOMENA INCLUDED A TORNADO IN SAN TIN ON SEPTEMBER 9 AND A HAILSTORM ON SEPTEMBER 24.

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