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The cold front crossed the coast of Guangdong on January 23 with squally showers affecting Hong Kong. Temperatures dropped a few degrees in one hour. A minimum temperature of 10.2 degrees, the lowest in the month, was recorded on both January 24 and 25.

Drier air from the north cleared the clouds gradually on January 26. Apart from some cloudy periods on January 30, fine and dry weather prevailed until the end of the month. Temperatures rose to 23.9 degrees, the highest in the month, on January 31.

Only one tropical cyclone occurred in the western North Pacific and the South China Sea in the month. 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 1997

Beginning Time

Ending Time

Type of Warnings/Signals

day/month hour

day/month hour

Strong Monsoon Signals

21/1

2300

23/1

0630

23/1

2115

24/1

1000

Fire Danger Warnings

Yellow

1/1

0600

2/1

0615

Red

2/1

0615

2/1

1220

Yellow

5/1

0600

6/1

0600

Red

6/1

0600

6/1

1800

Yellow

6/1

1800

8/1

0600

Red

8/1

0600

8/1

1730

Yellow

8/1

1730

10/1

1800

Red

10/1

1800

12/1

0600

Yellow

12/1

0600

14/1

0600

Yellow

19/1

0600

19/1

1800

Yellow

24/1

0800

24/1

1615

Yellow

25/1

0605

27/1

0600

Red

27/1

0600

29/1

0600

Yellow

29/1

0600

31/1

0600

Gas Water Heater Safety Alerts

7/1

1630

12/1

1630

23/1

1630

27/1

1615