SUPPLEMENT
To the HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE of 3rd July, 1886.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 252.
The following report from the Director of the Observatory for the month of February, 1886, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd July, 1886.
HONGKONG OBSERVATORY.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Weather Report for February, 1886.
In the China Coast Meteorological Register, based on information transmitted by the Great Northern and the Eastern Extension Telegraph Companies, which was daily published, is given a summary of the atmospheric circumstances in Luzon and along the Coast of China. It also contains information concerning the weather in Nagasaki and Wladivostock.
Unusual visibility was noted on the 1st and the 6th.
Fog occurred on the mornings of the 24th, the 25th and the 26th.
During the night between the 3rd and the 4th it blew a whole gale in gusts. The barometer had been falling since the 30th of the previous month.
The total distance traversed by, as well as the duration and average velocity of winds from different quarters were as follows:-
Direction.
Total Distance..
Duration.
Miles.
Hours.
Velocity.
Miles per hour.
N
1151
123
9.4
NE
1737
110
15.8
E
7577
344
22.0
SE
77
9
8.6
S
1
5.0
SW
38
5
7.6
W
375
45
8.3
NW
128
20
6.4
Caba
9
15
0.6
TABLE 1.
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1886.
Date.
1 a.
2 a. 3 a.
4 a.
5 a. 6 a. 7 a.
8 a.
9 a.
10 a. 11 a. Noon. 1 p.
2 p.
3 p.
4 p.
5 p.
6 p.
7 p. 8 p. 9 p.
10 p.
11 p. | Midt. Means.
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