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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2015

TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2015

TABLE 3.1.1   Maximum gust peak speeds and maximum hourly mean winds with associated wind directions recorded at various stations when the tropical cyclone warning signal for Kujira was in force

Station
Maximum Gust
Maximum Hourly Mean Wind
Direction
Speed (km/h)
Date/Month
Time
Direction
Speed (km/h)
Date/Month
Time
Bluff Head (Stanley)
SE
56
21/6
23:57
SE
31
23/6
02:00
Central Pier
E
38
22/6
22:03
E
23
22/6
22:00
Cheung Chau
ESE
67
23/6
1:57
SE
43
23/6
03:00
Cheung Chau Beach
E
65
23/6
1:49
E
36
23/6
02:00
Green Island
ESE
56
23/6
2:00
NE
30
21/6
22:00
Hong Kong International Airport
ESE
52
23/6
2:08
ESE
30
23/6
03:00
ESE
52
23/6
2:09
Kai Tak
ESE
47
23/6
1:49
ESE
23
23/6
02:00
ESE
47
23/6
1:50
King's Park 
ESE
41
22/6
23:23
ESE
16
23/6
00:00
Lau Fau Shan
SSE
51
22/6
16:51
SSE
20
22/6
17:00
Ngong Ping
E
90
23/6
0:48
E
56
22/6
23:00
North Point
E
36
22/6
18:53
E
19
22/6
22:00
E
19
22/6
23:00
Peng Chau
E
58
22/6
0:26
E
27
21/6
23:00
Ping Chau
SE
34
23/6
2:57
E
7
22/6
01:00
Sai Kung 
SSE
58
23/6
1:40
SSE
23
23/6
02:00
Sha Chau
S
56
22/6
15:31
SE
34
23/6
03:00
Sha Lo Wan
E
51
23/6
2:11
ESE
22
23/6
01:00
Sha Tin
SE
36
22/6
12:08
SE
14
22/6
15:00
Star Ferry (Kowloon)
E
54
23/6
1:31
E
25
23/6
02:00
Ta Kwu Ling 
E
31
23/6
0:07
E
12
23/6
01:00
Tai Mei Tuk
ENE
45
22/6
1:45
ENE
25
22/6
01:00
E
25
23/6
00:00
Tai Po Kau
SE
38
23/6
1:59
E
22
23/6
00:00
Tap Mun
SE
49
23/6
3:03
SE
22
23/6
04:00
Tate's Cairn 
SSE
67
21/6
21:46
ESE
34
23/6
00:00
Tseung Kwan O
E
40
23/6
1:37
ESE
12
22/6
15:00
Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot
SSE
40
22/6
16:26
SE
19
22/6
12:00
Tuen Mun Government Offices
SSE
43
22/6
15:39
SSE
14
22/6
16:00
SSE
43
22/6
15:40
SSE
43
22/6
16:35
Waglan Island
SE
67
23/6
1:04
SSE
38
23/6
02:00
Wetland Park
S
31
22/6
16:50
S
13
22/6
17:00
Wong Chuk Hang
SE
58
22/6
0:07
E
16
22/6
23:00
E
58
22/6
11:12

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