126 SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVTM GAZETTE OF 1ST MARCH, 1884. . ·
TABLE I
AMOUNT OF CLOUDS.
CAPE D'AGUILAR.
VICTORIA PEAK,
1880
1881
1882 1883
Moss
1880
1881
1832
1883
Mean
January,
February,..
30
51
March,.
April,.
May,
June,
81
July,.......
August,
September,....
October,
8 8 8 8
62
69
59
50
49
86
29 30
399
83
56
51
68
50
81
46
75
45
64
& 2 8 8 8 $
55
45
54
42
56
90
76
91
76
63
93
71
49
71
80
70
69
88
64
62
82
66
57
62
2
81
54
3 7 8 2
03
71
82
72
3 3 2 2 2 3
63
54
68
75
73
64
80
77
76
76
53
65
65
57
67
63
58
64
57
58
59
53
54
60
59
59
62
3
63
61
61
46
50
66
55
49
51
56
76
58
37
53
47
45
51
45
44
46
November,
19
52
66
74
53
40
66
49
55
52
December,
51
54
64
49
54
49
62
42
41
49
Year,
323
52
60
67
60
61
63
00
62
61
It will be remarked that the amount of clouds is greater at the Peak than at the Cape. The reason of that is that the observer was in the habit of registering the whole sky as covered by clouds whenever the Peak was enveloped by a cloud. Of course the difference increases together with the amount of clouds.
The Mean percentage is 64.2 for the months December, anuary and February; 68.8 for the months March, April and May; 61.5 for the months June, July and August; and 51.8 for the months September October and November.
It thus appears that the cloudiness is greater in spring than in the autumn, and that October is the least cloudy month. There is a maximum of cloudiness in April, but curiously enough this is still exceeded by February. At the end of January the sky becomes rapidly overcast, and at the end of February there is again some clear weather.
Hongkong Observatory, February 24th, 1884.
W. DOBERCK, Government Astronomer.
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