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Table 1     Maximum gust peak speeds and maximum hourly mean winds with associated wind directions recorded at various stations when the tropical cyclone warning signals for Fengshen were in force

Maximum Gust
Maximum Hourly Mean Wind
Direction
Speed (km/h)
Date/Month
Time
Direction
Speed (km/h)
Date/Month
Time
Bluff Head (Stanley) - 53 21/10 17:28 - 15 20/10 22:00
- 15 21/10 05:00
Central Pier NE 45 21/10 06:12 NE 24 20/10 21:00
Cheung Chau N 73 21/10 17:30 N 43 21/10 18:00
Cheung Chau Beach NNE 67 21/10 08:14 NNE 34 21/10 10:00
Green Island NNE 71 20/10 18:55 N 49 21/10 04:00
Hong Kong International Airport* NNE 45 21/10 14:07 NNE 28 20/10 20:00
Kai Tak NNE 45 20/10 20:04 NNE 15 20/10 19:00
Lamma Island NNW 50 21/10 17:31 N 21 21/10 15:00
Lau Fau Shan NNE 61 21/10 02:48 NE 34 21/10 13:00
Ngong Ping ENE 78 21/10 03:14 ENE 50 21/10 17:00
North Point NNE 42 20/10 17:47 ENE 22 20/10 21:00
Peng Chau N 51 21/10 14:48 N 33 21/10 15:00
Ping Chau NNW 32 21/10 13:40 N 10 21/10 15:00
Sai Kung N 60 21/10 09:41 NNE 37 21/10 10:00
Sha Chau NNE 59 20/10 18:23 N 46 20/10 19:00
Sha Lo Wan NE 36 20/10 18:50 NE 15 20/10 18:00
Sha Tin NE 39 20/10 20:17 NE 17 20/10 21:00
NNE 39 20/10 20:42
Shek Kong NE 47 21/10 03:58 NE 24 21/10 04:00
Star Ferry (Kowloon) WNW 33 21/10 14:48 NW 7 21/10 13:00
Ta Kwu Ling NNE 57 21/10 05:07 NNE 26 21/10 06:00
Tai Mei Tuk NE 50 21/10 07:47 NE 30 20/10 20:00
Tai Mo Shan NE 85 21/10 04:00 NE 71 21/10 04:00
Tai Po Kau N 35 21/10 04:35 N 15 21/10 17:00
Tap Mun East N 55 21/10 16:53 N 24 21/10 10:00
N 24 21/10 18:00
Tate's Cairn - 72 21/10 03:08 - 60 21/10 18:00
- 72 21/10 04:18
- 72 21/10 04:19
- 72 21/10 17:38
Tseung Kwan O NE 47 21/10 14:39 NE 16 21/10 15:00
Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot NNE 46 21/10 12:38 NW 15 21/10 15:00
Tuen Mun Government Offices NNE 54 21/10 06:19 NNE 20 21/10 07:00
Waglan Island N 64 21/10 14:23 N 52 21/10 04:00
Wetland Park N 35 21/10 02:56 N 6 21/10 11:00
N 6 21/10 13:00
Wong Chuk Hang N 54 21/10 04:05 N 12 21/10 05:00
NW 12 21/10 09:00
NW 12 21/10 15:00

King's Park - data not available
Bluff Head (Stanley), Tate's Cairn - wind direction not available

* As the anemometer located near the middle of the North Runway was damaged due to an aircraft incident, the wind speed and direction data at Hong Kong International Airport were originated from the backup anemometer near the eastern end of the North Runway.