752 * the hongkong government GAZETTE, 10TH SEPTEMBER, 1892.
EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE AT THE HONGKONG OBSERVATORY,
DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 1892.
Barometric Pressure, in inches.
Temperature, in degrees Fahr,
Humidity, in percentage of saturation.
Rainfall, in inches.
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE.
TEMPERATURE.
HUMIDITY.
DAY OF THE MONTH.
RAINFALL.
10 a.
4 p.
Mean.
Max,
Min.
Mean.
Mean of 10 a. and 4 p.
Aug. 1,
29.74
29.65
29.70
90
2,
.72
.73
.72
82
75
>>
3,
.86
.80
.83
88
4,
.90
.82
.86
89
17
5,
.88
.79
.84
89
"J
6,
.86
.80
.83
89
""
7,
.92
.86
.89
89
"
".
8,
.94
.86
.90
90
9,
.95
.88
.91
89
"
10,
.94
.85
.90
89
"
11,
.87
.78
.82
91
وو
12,
.80
.75
.78
91
13,
.90
.86
.88
84
14,
.94
.88
.91
87
13
15,
.91
.80
.85
90
PRE-PRFFRFFE:
79
84
75
0.29
79
87
0.72°
76
82
77
1.30
77
83
74
0.88
81
85
73
0.01
80
84
71
...
80
85
72
79
84
67
78
84
77
83
71
77
84.
67
78
84
74
77
81
87
1.16
77
82
74
77
83
71
16,
.83
.72
.78
91
78
85
74
"
17,
.76
.66
.71
89
79
84
72
"
18,
.75
.68
.71
84
76
80
80
0.21
19,
.81
.75
.78
79
74
76
87
0.45
"
20,
.82
.80
.81
'84
74
79
81
0.87
"
21,
.89
.83
.86
84
74
79
80
0.09
22,
.87
.81
.84
86
76
81
84
0.51
23,
.86
.80
.83
85
77
81
79
0.10
24,
.87
*80
.84
84
25,
.90
.83
.86
83
"
26,
.91
.81
.86
81
"
27,
.88
.77
.83
82
""
99
28,
.83
.77
.80
84
93
29,
.84
.76
.80
79
30,
.85
.75
.80
84
59
53
31,
.77
.69
.73
83
CARRRRRRE
74
79
79
0.82
76
80
83
0.35
75
78
88
0.27
75
78
83
0.58
75
80
88
0.89
75
77
92
1.10
75
79
*88
1.03
74
79
·88
0.46
August of 1892 was unusually free from typhoons which in other years were always more or less frequent in this month. No signals were hoisted till the 31st, when the South Cone was hoisted. There was a number of small depressions, which it is difficult to follow till all available information has been collected. At 10.30 a. on the 1st the following notice was issued:- "there is a depression in the China Sea SE of Hongkong," at 10.20 a. on the 2nd, "the depression is moving northward," and at 4.15 p. "the depression has entered the mainland." The centre was at noon on the 1st in about 21° N, 116° E, and on the 2nd in about 23° N, 115° E.-At 5.10 p. on the 12th, the following notice was issued:-"typhoon NE of Formosa moving NEastward." The centre which was the previous day to the E of Formosa was probably in about 30° N, 124° E, but this typhoon seems to have been very small. At 10.25 a. on the 16th, the following notice was issued:- typhoon in the Pacific E of Formosa.” At noon the centre was in about 24° N, 122° E, and on the 17th in 2510 N, 120° E. At 11.35 a. the following notice was issued:"the typhoon has entered the mainland between Amoy and Foochow," and at 4.11 p. "the typhoon appears to be moving NWestward." At noon on the 18th the centre was in about 264° N, 116° E.-At 1 p. on the 20th the following notice was issued :-"there appears to be a depression NE of Cape S. James moving Westward. This depression appears to have been very shallow, and no log from any vessel within a couple of hundred miles of the centre has yet been obtained.-At 10.37 a. on the 24th the following notice was issued:"barometer falling at Bolinao probably owing to another depression." The barometer was telegraphed a tenth too low from Bolinao.- At 4 p. on the 30th the following notice was issued: "depression W of Bolinao." At noon the centre was in about 17° N, 1124° E, and at noon on the 31st in about 20° N, 112o E. At 10.45 a. on the 31st the Black South Cone was hoisted and the following notice issued :-"the typhoon appears to be moving westward."
Hongkong Observatory, 6th September, 1892.
W. DOBERCK,
Director.
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