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With strengthening winter monsoon, the weather turned cold and rainy until the end of the month. The month's lowest temperature of 9.2 degrees was recorded on the early morning of January 31.

There was only one tropical cyclone over the western North Pacific and the South China Sea in January.

Details of the issuance/hoisting and cancellation/lowering of various warnings/signals in the month are summarised in Table 1.1. Monthly meteorological figures and departures from normal of January are tabulated in Table 1.2.

Table 1.1 Warnings and signals in January 1995

Warnings/Signals

Thunderstorm Warning

Strong Monsoon Signals

Effective date and time

3 Jan 1230 - 3 Jan 1430

-

31 Dec 2315 1 Jan 0800

1 Jan 2345

-

2 Jan 0730

L

5 Jan 0810

Fire Danger Warnings

Yellow

Red

Yellow

Yellow

Yellow

Yellow

Gas Heater Alerts

4 Jan 2130

25 Jan 2300

1 Jan 0615

4 Jan 1800

8 Jun 0600

13 Jan 0600

- 26 Jan 0500

+

2 Jan 2300

-

8 Jan 0600

8 Jan 2300

- 15 Jan 2330

24 Jan 0600 - 24 Jan 1130

29 Jan 0630 - 29 Jan 1800

4 Jan 1630

-

7 Jan 1645

12 Jan 1630 - 13 Jan 1630

27 Jan 1630 7 Feb 1630

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