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SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1896.

Table XI.

Mean Diurnal of Water

Weight

RAINFALL.

Baro-

MONTH.

Variabi- Vapour in

metric

Tide.

lity of

Troy Grains in

Hourly Inteusity of

MEAN DIRECTION OF CLOUDS WHENCE

NUMBER OF DAYS

WITH

COMING.

CLOUDS BELOW

Temper-each cubic

Rain.

Mean.

ature.

foot of Air,

1893.

Lower.

Upper. Cirrus. 2,000 ft. 1,000 ft.

January,

0.107

29.05

3.84

0.98

0.410

0.005 E 8° NW10° N

February,

0.101

2.12

4.62

1.32

0.835

0.023 E 20° S W

March,

0.109

3.60

5.16

3.24

1.390

0.030 S 37° EW 23° S

14

13

6

12

8

April,

0.097

1.88

7.22

5.27

2.605

0.081

S 22° E W 7° S

May,

0.084 2.53

8.25

12.54

5.640

0.058 S 2° W W 15° N

June,.

*0:070 0.96

9.00

15.81

4.970 |

0.092 S 279 EW 9° S

July,

0.071

0..98

9.38

15.99

18.870

0.233

S 31°WN 17° E

:

:

:

August,..

0.075 1.14

9.19

14.85

6.125

0.122 S 20° W | N 21°W

16

17

10

10

3

50

00

8

September,....

0.079

1.67

7.57

12.65

3.965

0.066 E 29° NW 11° N

October,

November,

0.089 1.01

6.97

5.36

0.500

0.017

E 1° NW 24° N

Co

0.097

2.10

4.80

1.17

0.325

0.025

E 8° N W 21° S

2

1

December,

0.101 2.00

4.21

1.00

0.200

0.010

E W 9° S

N

Mean,..

0.090 1.84

6.68

90.17

45.835

0.064E 40° SW 14° N

109

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Table XII.

Monthly Extremes of the Principal Meteorological Elements registered during the year 1895.

BAROMETER,

HUMI-

TEMPERATURE.

VAPOUR TENSION.

RAIN.

DITY.

WIND VELO-

CITY.

RADIA-

TION.

MONTH.

Max. Min.

Max.

Min.

Min. Max. Min.

Daily Hourly Max. Max.

Sun

Max.

Max.

January,

30.223 29.896 70.4

43.5

30

0.533 0.172 0.145 0.060

39

129.5

February,

.218

.608

72.3

49.3

18

0.692

March,

.240

.638

79.4

47.4

24

April,

.058

.623

84.8

63.2

31

May,

.045

.570

88.6

68.7

45

0.987

June,.

29.831

.404

93.6

73.3

53

0.119 0.385 0.140

0.784 0.129 0.870 0.685 33

0.882 0.243 1.865 1.265

0.391 1.275

1.053 0.592

39

138.5

138.5

32

140.9

0.800

1.230 0.445

39

39

147.6

36

147.9

July,

.810

.330 91.3

73.4

55

1.004

0.703 4.250 1.630

53

150.7

Angust,..............

.840

.473

90.1

74.6

48

1.009

0.562 1.525 0.670

39

158.9

September,

October,

November,

December,

.871

.438 94.0

65.6

25

0.994 0.257 0.835 0.515

44

152.4

30.030

.733 84.3

62.7

41

0.844 0.377

.239

.239

.750 79.9

54.2

20

.828 77.3

47.0

18

0.205 0.070

0.777 0.109 0.230 0.120

0.670 0.075 0.105

.0.030

333333

149.8

38

141.8

33

139.6

Year,.

30.240 29.330 94.0

43.5

18

1.053

0.075

4.250 1.630

33

53

158.9

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