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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH JUNE, 1890.

TABLE VI.

Total Distance traversed by, as well as Total Duration and Average Velocity of Winds from eight different Points of the Compass during the year 1889.

N,

NE,....

E,

SE,

S...

ᏚᎳ, .

W

NW,

Calm,

January,

WIND.

TOTAL DISTANCE.

DURATION.

VELOCITY.

Miles.

Hours.

Miles per hour,

12405

1045

11.9

10659

800

13.8

67445

3799

17.8

6734

595

11.3

9520

879

10.8

6112

504

12.1

3840

437

8.8

2304

282

8.2

261

419

0.6

Sums and Mean,..

119280

8760

13.62

TABLE VII.

Total Number of Days on which different Meteorologicut Phenomena were noted and Total Number of Thunderstorms during each month of the year 1889.

Month.

Fog.

Electric

Phenomena.

Lightning.

Thunder.

Thunder-

storms.

Unusual

Visibility.

:

Dew.

2

February,

10

N

March,

April,

May,

14

co

2

17

7

7

co

3

15

14

10

5

1

7

June,

3

19

18

13

5

July,.....

2

12

11

August,

4

16

15

September,

11

11

1

1

11

10

1

4

November,

December,

:

Sums,

64

95 89

48

24

Rain-bows.

Lunar

Halo.

:

$

00

Lunar

Corona.

Solar Halo.

Sola

Corona.

5

7

1

5

2

1

2

3

1

2

10

:

26

20

45

21

33

50

37

9

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