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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1993

THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 30.0 DEGREES THAT DAY WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST FOR ALL MONTHS.

THE MONTHLY RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 77 PER CENT AND MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 97.7 MILLIMETRES WERE BOTH THE THIRD LOWEST RECORDED IN AUGUST.

SEPTEMBER WAS HOT AND SUNNY WITH LITTLE RAIN. THE MEAN DAILY ON TEMPERATURE OF 26.8 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH WAS THE HIGHEST

MINIMUM RECORD FOR SEPTEMBER.

IN RESPECT OF THE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 31.1 DEGREES AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 29.5 DEGREES, SEPTEMBER 1 WAS THE HOTTEST SEPTEMBER DAY ON RECORD.

THE

THE MONTH'S RAINFALL OF 63.1 MILLIMETRES WAS ONLY ABOUT 21 PER CENT OF THE SEPTEMBER NORMAL OF 299.7 MILLIMETRES.

IT

WAS THE DRIEST SEPTEMBER SINCE 1966 AND THE FOURTH DRIEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD.

OCTOBER WAS VERY MUCH DOMINATED BY THE NORTHEAST MONSOON. TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY BELOW NORMAL IN A MONTH OF MAINLY FINE AND DRY WEATHER. THE MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 30.9 MILLIMETRES WAS ONLY ABOUT 21 PER CENT OF THE OCTOBER NORMAL OF 144.8 MILLIMETRES.

THE NORTHEAST MONSOON WAS EVEN MORE ACTIVE IN NOVEMBER. THE MONTHLY MEAN PRESSURE OF 1,020.1 HECTOPASCALS WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST FOR NOVEMBER.

WAS

THE

UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE CONTINENTAL ANTICYCLONE, THE WEATHER CHARACTERISED BY SUNNY AND CLEAR SKIES.

THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPED TO A MINIMUM OF AFTERNOON OF NOVEMBER 10, THE LOWEST SINCE 1971

19 PER CENT ON FOR NOVEMBER.

ABOUT 70 CASES OF HILL FIRE WERE REPORTED ON NOVEMBER 9 AND 10.

WITH ONLY THREE DAYS OF RAIN IN THE MONTH, THE MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 10.1 MILLIMETRES WAS ONLY ABOUT 29 PER CENT OF THE NOVEMBER NORMAL OF 35.1 MILLIMETRES.

THE WINTER MONSOON MODERATED IN DECEMBER AND IT WAS ONE OF THE WARMEST DECEMBERS ON RECORD. THE MONTHLY MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 17.4 DEGREES AND THE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 19.2 DEGREES RESPECTIVELY THE SECOND AND THIRD HIGHEST FOR DECEMBER.

WERE

THE DRY SPELL CAME TO AN END AND THE MONTH WAS UNUSUALLY HUMID WITH MIST OR HAZE OCCURRING ON RIGHT DAYS.

FOG WAS REPORTED INSIDE THE HARBOUR ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 28 AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IN DECEMBER SINCE 1955.

THE MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 66.4 MILLIMETRES WAS NEARLY TWO-AND-A- HALF TIMES THE DECEMBER NORMAL OF 27.3 MILLIMETRES, WITH MOST OF THE RAIN FALLING DURING AN UNSEASONAL SPELL OF DAMP AND WET WEATHER AFTER CHRISTMAS.

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