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TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1988
BESIDES BEING THE WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD, WITH A MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 21.3 DEGREES CELSIUS, IT WAS VERY WET WITH A TOTAL RAINFALL OF 234 MILLIMETRES, MORE THAN FOUR TIMES THE NORMAL AMOUNT.
VIOLENT THUNDERSTORMS FROM MARCH 16 TO 18 BROUGHT 194.7 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL, THE HIGHEST RECORDED FOR ANY THREE-DAY PERIOD IN MARCH.
RAIN WAS HEAVIEST ON MARCH 17 AND BOTH THE DAILY RAINFALL OF 126.4 MILLIMETRES AND THE HOURLY RAINFALL OF 50.1 MILLIMETRES BETWEEN 9 AM AND 10 AM SET NEW RECORDS FOR MARCH.
THE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR RESULTED IN 116 CASES OF FLOODING AND FOUR CASES OF MINOR MUDSLIPS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
ON MARCH 18, HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SAI KUNG, SHA ΤΙΝ AND THE NORTHERN PART OF KOWLOON BETWEEN 8 AM AND 8.45 AM.
APRIL CONTINUED TO BE WETTER THAN USUAL.
THE MONTHLY TOTAL
RAINFALL OF 277.8 MILLIMETRES WAS ABOUT
TWICE THE NORMAL.
SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ON APRIL 5 AFFECTED HONG KONG AND HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SHA TIN AND LAI CHI KOK AROUND 5 PM.
PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN ON APRIL 6 RESULTED
IN 133 CASES OF
FLOODING AND NINE CASES OF LANDSLIPS.
A TOTAL OF 106 HECTARES OF FARMLAND WERE INUNDATED IN YUEN LONG, TUEN MUN AND TAI PO.
OVER 5,000 HEADS OF LIVESTOCK WERE DROWNED.
A SIGNIFICANT SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED IN HONG KONG ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 12 AND FLASHES OF LIGHTNING KILLED A FISHERMAN AND STRUCK TWO OTHERS IN SAI KUNG THAT MORNING,
FREQUENT ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN THE MOISTURE-LADEN SOUTHWEST MONSOON AND COOLER AIR FROM THE NORTH MAINTAINED THE WET AND OVERCAST WEATHER IN MAY.
THE TOTAL DURATION OF SUNSHINE FOR THE MONTH WAS ONLY TWO-THIRDS OF THE NORMAL, AND THE MONTH'S TOTAL 460.2 MILLIMETRES WAS 54 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL.
102.8 HOURS,
RAINFALL OF
THUNDERSTORMS WERE PREVALENT, OCCURRING ON 12 DAYS DURING MAY.
A WATERSPOUT WAS REPORTED OFF THE WATERS OF LAI CHI KOK NEAR MBI FOO SUN CHUEN AT ABOUT 1.30 PM ON MAY 16. TUTS WATERSPOUT MIGHT HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SINKING A SIX-METRE FISHING BOAT INJURING TWO PEOPLE.
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