THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH OCTOBER, 1896.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 389.
971
The following Extract of Meteorological Observations, made at the Hongkong Observatory during the Month of September, 1896, is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th October, 1896.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, MADE AT THE HONGKONG OBSERVATORY, DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 1896.
BARO-
METER
TEMPERATURE,
HUMIDITY.
WIND.
DATE.
NESS.
CLOUDI- SUN-
SHINE.
RAIN.
AT
M.S.L.
Max.
Mean.
Min.
Rel.
Abs.
Dir.
Vel.
ins.
Q
O
p. c.
ins.
p. c.
hrs.
ins.
Points.
Miles.
p. h.
1,
29.67
87.5
82.7
78.9
85
0.95
70
6.0
0.870
E
15.4
2,
.70
87.5
82.2
78.7
83
.91
57
7.1
0.620
SE by S
12.3
3,
.76
89.7
84.4
81.2
78
.92
57
8.5
0.020
SSE
6.7
4,
.79
90.6
84.7
80.9
.93
41
10.6
SW
4.0
5,
.76
89.5
84.0
78.3
79
.93
75
4.6
0.050
W by
CA
4.5
6,
.75
86.6
81,5
75.9
80
.86
91
3.6
1.050
W
5.3
7,
.76
87.6
80.8
77.9
83
.87
69
3.2
0.315
E by N
8.5
8,
.77
84.0
80.4
77.2
76
.79
68
2.9
0.005
E by N
11.5
9.
.78
87.4
80.3
76.2
76
.79
21
8.8
0.020
E by S
4.5
10,
.79
88.5
81.1
76.0
69
.73
11
11.0
E by S
4.5
11,
.81
85.9
81.0
76.1
73
.77
15
10.8
E by S
10.4
12,
.81
86.8
82.3
78.1
63
.70
39
10.4
E by N
16.9
13,
.82
82.8
81.2
78.2
73
.78
75
0.3
0.025
ENE
24.8
14,
.85
82.4
80.2
77.8
77
..80
91
0.8
0.095
ENE
26.1
15,
.84
83.6
81.1
77.6
77
.81
94
3.0
E by N
30.2
16,
.84
80.3
78.3
75.8
89
.86
100
0.0
2.635
E by N
17,
.88
79.7
78.3
76.1
90
.87
100
0.0 2.540
18,
.88
81.5
79.4
76.2
86
.86
99
0.5 0.890
E by S
19,
87
82.5
79.9
77.3
80
.82
51
8.9
20,
.88
84.3
81.1
78.2
79
.84
40
9.8
21,
.86
86.2
81.5
78.5
77
.83
19
9.8
KA BALD
27.3
E
23.5
19.1
E
13.9
E
16.0
E
10.0
:
22,
.84
88.9
81.9
77.9
83
.90
39
7.2
SSW
4.0
23,
.88
85.2
80.3
76.7
87
.89
79
4.1
0.390
E
9.3
24,
.93
85.0
80.8
77.5
85
.89
65
5.4
0.300
E by S
14.7
25,
.93
87.5
82.1
79.2
83
.90
55
9.1
0.170
S by E
5.0
26,
.93
88.9
82.5
78.2
81
.90
19
10.4
S by W
4.0
27,
.93
89.1
82.4
78.8
81
.89
21
9.6
S
3.3
28,
.93
89.0
83.1
78.7
77
.87
10.1
SSW
3.5
29,
.94
88.9
82.8
79.3
80
.89
26
8.7
SW by S
3.3
30,
.92
87.9
82.4
78.9
79
.87
32
8.0
E
8.0
•
Mean or Total,
29.84
86.2
81.5
77.9
80
0.85
55
192.7
9.995
E
11.7
The following notices have been issued by Mr. FIGG during the month :----
On the 1st at 10.40 a. "A depression appears to be forming to the SSE of Hongkong in about 20° Lat. The barometer has fallen generally and is now in defect to the extent of about 0.1 "moderate or fresh NE inch in Hongkong and to about half that amount at Bolinao." Forecast:- winds; showery. At 4.10 p.
"Depression, probably shallow, South of Hongkong in about 20° Lat." Black South Cone hoisted.
On the 2nd at 8.0 a. Black South Cone lowered. At 11.10. "The depression has entered the coast between Macao and Hainan Straits. The barometer is steady in the South, rising in the neigh- "fresh to moderate SE and S winds; bourhood of Hongkong and falling on the E coast." Forecast:-- showery and squally with fine intervals."
On August 30th, after a period during which pressure had been rather below the normal owing to a typhoon distant in the Pacific, the barometer commenced to rise on the China coast with the wind backing towards E. Light variable and SW breezes prevailed in the China Sea in 19° Lat. and moderate SW monsoon to the Southward of 16o Lat. Pressure varied from 29.89 in 10°, 110° to 29.83 at Bolinao and 29.76 in Hongkong.
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