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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2022

Table 4.6    DURATION OF TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNALS ISSUED IN HONG KONG : 1956 - 2022

Signal Number of occassions Duration of each occasion Total duration per year
Mean
(hr min)		 Maximum (hr min) Minimum (hr min) Mean
(hr min)		 Maximum (hr min) Minimum (hr min)
1 or higher 412 42   49 161   0
(Tilda, 1964) 		4   30
(T.D., 2000)		 263   19 570   15
(1964)		 36   35
(1959)
3 or higher 277 29   14 124   15
(Mary, 1960) 		4   5
(T.D., 2006)		 120   53 306   35
(1974)		 15   5
(2004)
8 or higher 104 14   36 66   50
(Mary, 1960) 		2   40
(Wynne, 1984)		 22   40 100   55
(1964)		 0   0
8 NW 30 5   51 15   45 1   30 2   37 18   0 0   0
8 SW 35 4   58 10   45 2     0 2   36 16   10 0   0
8 NE 70 7   48 35   35 1   35 8    9 40   20 0   0
8 SE 58 7   50 22     0 0   20 6   47 31   30 0   0
9 or higher 24 7     2 12   25
(York, 1999) 		2   0
(Dujuan, 2003)		 2   31 19   25
(1964)		 0   0
10 15 6   26 11   0
(York, 1999) 		2   30
(Alice, 1961)		 1   26 12   10
(1964)		 0   0
* Note: ( ) are the years and the names of the tropical cyclones which created the record.