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AND SOUND RECORDING AND

REPRODUCING

APPARATUS

AND EQUIPMENT

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES

17

TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1985

2 960

921

+2 039

+221

2 200

1 933

266

+ 14

1 996

1 251

744

+ 59

OFFICE MACHINES

1 969

591

+1 278

+216

AND AUTOMATIC

DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

MAY WAS WARMER THAN USUAL

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BOTH THE

MAY WAS WARMER THAN USUAL WITH THE MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 25 DEGREES CELSIUS, THE FIFTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR MAY. MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 26.8 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 29.7 DEGREES CELSIUS RANKED THE SIXTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORTED TODAY.

THE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTED TO ONLY 103.3 MILLIMETRES, WHICH WAS 65 PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL 298.1 MILLIMETRES.

THE WEATHER WAS OVERCAST WITH A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS ON MAY 1.

OVERCAST CONDITIONS CONTINUED ON MAY 2 WITH PERIODS OF RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH, 21.6 DEGREES CELSIUS, WAS RECORDED ON MAY 1 AND AGAIN ON MAY 2.

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UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A MOIST SOUTHEASTERLY AIRSTREAM, FOG OCCURRED OCCASIONALLY FROM MAY 3 TO 7. HOWEVER, NO DISRUPTION TO SEA AND AIR TRAFFIC WAS REPORTED. APART FROM THE OCCURRENCE OF FOG, IT WAS CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS ON MAY 3 BUT SUNNY WEATHER PREVAILED FROM MAY 4 TO 7 EXCEPT FOR A TRACE OF RAINFALL ON MAY 5.

/A RIDGE