770 SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVT. GAZETTE OF 14TH AUG., 1886.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 315.
The following report from the Director of the Observatory for the month of July, 1886, published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th August, 1886.
HONGKONG OBSERVATORY.
Weather Report for July, 1886.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary
In the China Coast Meteorological Register, based on information transmitted by the Great Northerr 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, and information concerning th weather in Nagasaki and Wladivostock.
Unusual visibility was noticed on the 22nd.
It was hazy on the mornings of the 25th and the 31st.
Dew fell on the evenings of the 3rd and the 9th.
Lunar coronas were seen on the 6th, the 18th and the 21st.
Lunar halos were seen on the 8th, the 9th, the 19th and the 22nd.
Solar coronas were seen on the 26th and the 31st.
Solar halos were seen on the 10th, the 11th, the 14th, the 22nd, the 26th, the 27th, the 28th
and the 30th.
Rainbows were seen on the afternoons of the 12th, the 14th and the 26th.
Thunder and lightning occurred on the 1st and the 2nd, faint lightning on the 3rd, lightnin on the 5th and thunder and lightning on the 6th.
Between 2 a. and 3 a. on the 7th a thunderstorm passed from SW towards NW. It was nearest (24) at 2h 10m a. Thunder was heard again in the afternoon.
Thunder occurred on the morning of the 11th, and lightning on the morning of the 12th and during the night between the 13th and the 14th.
On the evening of the 14th a thunderstorm passed from W round by S to E. It was nearest (15) at 9h 32 p. The following night was squally and thunder and lightning were observed intervals. A thunderstorm passed from SW round by N towards NE, It was nearest at 7 45m (10) and at 91 15 a. (10) on the 15th. Between 2 p. and 5 p. on the same day a succession of violent thunders rms, accompanied by fearfully heavy rain, passed over from W to E. They were nearest at 2 30 p. (3), at 3h 31 p. (2) and at 3h 47m p. (23).
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At the last mentioned time the flash came down like a ball of fire and struck the top of the Five's Court (at the North Barracks in the City of Victoria 14 miles SW by S of the Observatory) scattering pieces of brick and mortar for about fifty yards around. It split the wall for a small distance down, though on the whole not much damage was done. Then it ran down the wall over the top of a zinc roof, which. was not damaged. although an iron bar underneath it was bent considerably, and finally expended itself along the barrack square, which is gravelled, but this was not damaged. Immediately after this the rain almost ceased for nearly a quarter of an hour.
Thunder and lightning were observed till 9 a. on the 16th.
Lightning occurred on the evenings of the 22nd and the 24th, and thunder and lightning on th afternoon of the 25th.
At 12h 45m a. on the 25th a thunderstorm was nearest (3). It passed Eastwards of the Obser vatory.
Lightning occurred during the night between the 26th and the 27th and during the five followi
nights.
The total distance traversed by, as well as the duration and average velocity of winds frou. different quarters were as follows:--
Direction.
Total Distance.
Miles.
N
75
Duration. Hours.
14
Velocity. Miles per
hour.
5.4
NE
269
31
8.7
E
3556
253
14.1
SE
1212
90
13.5
S
1528
147
10.4
SW
1310
112
11.7
W
287
39
7.4
NW
188
31
6.1
Calm
10
27
0..4
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