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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13гп MAY, 1899.

Table VIII.

Mean Diurnal

Weight

RAINFALL.

of Water

Baro-

Month.

Variabi-Vapour in

metric

Tide.

lity of

Troy

Hourly Intensity

MEAN DIRECTION OF CLOUDS WHENCE

COMING.

NUMBER OF DAYS

WITH

CLOUDS BELOW.

Grains in

of

Temper-each cnbic

Rain.

Meau.

1898.

ature.

foot of Air.

1898.

Lower. Upper. Cirrus.

2000 ft. 1000 ft.

January,

0.108

2o.80

3.91

1.545

1.160

0.012

E 3° SS 45° W

4

3

February,

0.097 2.47

5.08

2.091

2.520

0.027

E 29° SW 13°S

15

March,

0.110 2.26

5.51

2.991

0.170

0.003

E 5° SS 20° W

21

April,.....

0.096

2.20

6.35

5.980

3.440

0.036

E 6° S W 20° S

:

19

10

8 8.8

10

10

May,

0.090

1.65

8.63

13.159

5.700

0.071

E51SS 15° W

16

4

June,

0.079

1.34

9.47

16.496 14.250

0.124

S 15° W W 36° N

24

July,

0.068

0.76

9.21

14.210 7.055

0.101

S 38° EE 25°N

12

2.

August,

0.075

1 .25

9.33

13.482

9.900

0.114

$ 31°E W 5° S

September,

0.088 0.91

8.95

8.833 5.295

0.230

E 46° SW 18° N

October,........ 0.093 2..02

6.27

5.794

6.720

0.100

E 36° NN 30° E

November,...... 0.105 2.44

4.87

1.302 0.790

December,

0.111

1 .99

8.27

0.985 0.025

0.030

0.008

E34° N S 31°W

:

:

:..

3

0

E 1° NW 20° S

O

Mean,......

0.093 1.84

6.74

86.868

57.025 0.071

E24° SW 2° N

131

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Table IX.

Monthly Extremes of the Principal Meteorological Elements registered during the Year 1898.

BAROMETER.

TEMPERATURE.

HUMI-

DITY.

VAPOUR TENSION.

RAIN.

WIND VELO-

CITY.

RADIA- TION.

MONTH.

Max. Min.

Max.

Min.

Min.

Max. Min.

Daily Hourly Max.

Max.

Sun

Max.

January,

30.352 29.848

74.3

46.1

14

0.678

0.068

0.340 0.090

35

137.8

February,

.206

.421

77.2

46.6

13

.804

.070

1.190 0.400

36

127.0

March,

.084

.667

79.8

58.2

54

.772

.285

0.055

0.025

39

139.8

April,..

.117

.633 86.3

57.9

42

.830

.307

1.645

0.500

46

141.7

May,

29.892

.495 91.5

64.9

44

.981

.390

2.350 0.635

37

148.2

June,

.725

.300

91.1

73.6

53

.992

.747

3.505 0.845

46

149.3

July,

.853

.344 88.7

76.3

49

.991

.611

1.270 0.340

August,

.784

.088 90.4

74.7

57

1.039

.701

2.585 0.780

88888

50

149.8

62

153.6

September,

.890

.451 90.0

78.7

51

0.987

.606

0.990 0.545

26

150.4

October,.....

November,...... 30.287

.954

.479 88.5

65.3

28

0.838

.308 2.320 1.070

30

154.4

.606 82.8

50.6

11

0.679

.079 0.690 0.260

33

141.0

December,

,275

.875

79.7

50.0

7

0.527

.035

0.025 0.010

30

136.4

Year.......

30.352 29.088

91.5

46.1

1.039

,035

3.505 1.070

62

154.4