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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1992

THE WEATHER IN APRIL WAS SUNNIER AND DRIER. IT WAS THE DRIEST APRIL ON RECORD.

SEVENTH

THE MONTHLY TOTAL RAINFALL OF 34.7 MILLIMETRES WAS 79 PER BELOW THE APRIL NORMAL OF 161.1 MILLIMETRES.

CENT

MOST OF THE RAIN FELL ON THE LAST DAY OF THE

ΤΟ BE ATTRIBUTED

A DISSIPATING

TROPICAL

CYCLONE

MONTH AND COULD OVER WESTERN

GUANGDONG.

WAS

RECORD. THE MAY 1991 WAS ONE OF THE DRIEST AND WARMEST MAY ON

THE EIGHTH LOWEST EVER, MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 60.9 MILLIMETRES, ONLY ABOUT ONE-FIFTH OF THE MAY NORMAL.

THE THE PERSISTENT FINE AND DRY WEATHER COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO

HIGH PRESSURE WESTWARD EXTENSION OF AN EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG RIDGE OF FROM THE PACIFIC TO SOUTHERN CHINA.

THE MONTHLY MEAN PRESSURE OF 1,011.6 HECTOPASCALS IN HONG WAS A RECORD HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.

KONG

INTENSE SOLAR HEATING CAUSED

THE

CELSIUS ON MAY MAXIMUM OF 33.4 DEGREES HOTTEST DAY EVER IN THE MONTH OF MAY.

TEMPERATURE

28,

ΤΟ

SOAR то A MAKING IT THE FIFTH

JUNE 1991 WAS THE SEVENTH WARMEST JUNE ON MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 28.4 DEGREES CELSIUS MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 26.4 DEGREES CELSIUS.

RECORD WITH A AND A MONTHLY

THOUGH LESS SPECTACULAR, BUT MORE SIGNIFICANT, HOWEVER, WAS ITS NEAR-NORMAL RAINFALL FOLLOWING A SUBSTANTIAL DEFICIT IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THE YEAR.

THE MONTHLY TOTAL RAINFALL OF 371.7 MILLIMETRES REPRESENTED ABOUT 99 PER CENT OF THE JUNE NORMAL OF 376.0 MILLIMETRES.

ALTHOUGH THREE TROPICAL CYCLONES AFFECTED HONG KONG IN JULY, THE MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 293.6 MILLIMETRES STILL FELL SHORT OF THE JULY NORMAL OF 323.5 MILLIMETRES BY 9 PER CENT,

BETWEEN JULY 23 AND 24, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM BRENDAN PROMPTED THE HOISTING OF THE NO. 8 GALE OR STORM SIGNAL.

AT THE END OF THE MONTH, THE TORRENTIAL RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACTIVE SOUTHWEST MONSOON RESULTED IN EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN THE YUEN LONG AREA WHERE THE FLOOD WATER IN SEVERAL VILLAGES EXCEEDED ONE METRE IN DEPTH.

AUGUST WAS CHARACTERISED BY THE PASSAGE OF TYPHOON FRED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH AND A SPELL OF LIGHT WIND AND HAZY CONDITIONS IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH.

FRED NECESSITATED THE HOISTING OF THE STRONG WIND SIGNAL NO. 3 FOR NEARLY 34 HOURS. A DERRICK BARGE CAPSIZED IN THE STORMY WEATHER ON AUGUST 15 ABOUT 100 KILOMETRES EAST OF HONG KONG.

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