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EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG, DECEMBER 2015

EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG,
DECEMBER 2015 (Table 1)

Date
December
Mean Pressure
(hPa)
Air   Temperature Mean
Dew Point
Temperature
(deg. C)
Mean
Relative
Humidity
(%)
Mean
Amount
of Cloud
(%)
Total
Rainfall
(mm)
Maximum
(deg. C)
Mean
(deg. C)
Minimum
(deg. C)
1 1017.6 25.1 22.9 22.0 19.0 79 85 -
2 1017.1 25.0 23.3 22.2 19.6 80 69 Trace
3 1019.4 22.3 20.8 19.6 16.5 77 93 Trace
4 1021.1 21.0 19.5 18.4 14.9 75 88 Trace
5 1018.4 20.3 18.4 15.7 15.8 85 91 15.7
6 1021.3 18.1 16.6 15.4 12.2 76 91 1.0
7 1023.1 19.3 17.3 15.4 12.1 72 86 -
8 1022.2 19.0 18.0 17.0 14.1 78 90 0.7
9 1016.8 18.9 17.7 16.9 16.8 95 95 44.6
10 1015.5 20.9 19.3 17.6 16.8 86 80 Trace
11 1016.4 23.0 19.9 17.9 15.5 76 72 -
12 1016.2 20.7 20.0 19.4 17.1 83 88 -
13 1016.4 21.0 20.4 19.7 17.8 85 83 Trace
14 1016.6 21.3 20.4 19.1 17.3 82 84 Trace
15 1019.0 20.4 18.4 16.0 12.6 69 70 Trace
16 1022.5 17.2 15.2 13.4 4.3 49 11 -
17 1025.9 15.2 13.2 11.5 -0.4 39 25 -
18 1026.4 16.5 13.9 11.3 3.1 48 11 -
19 1025.4 18.2 16.2 13.8 8.7 62 71 -
20 1022.5 18.6 17.6 17.0 12.9 75 88 0.7
21 1021.3 21.1 19.4 17.1 16.2 82 87 Trace
22 1020.3 20.6 19.9 18.7 17.6 87 88 0.6
23 1017.8 22.3 21.1 19.8 19.6 91 79 Trace
24 1016.8 24.7 22.3 21.1 20.7 91 70 Trace
25 1020.4 21.4 18.2 16.1 13.5 75 89 0.2
26 1020.6 19.7 17.9 16.9 13.3 74 87 -
27 1022.7 18.8 17.7 16.9 15.0 84 90 0.4
28 1026.6 18.6 17.3 16.3 12.8 75 85 Trace
29 1025.9 18.9 17.7 16.4 13.3 75 78 Trace
30 1025.3 19.2 17.3 15.2 13.3 78 86 0.4
31 1026.4 20.5 17.8 15.5 13.0 74 66 Trace
Mean/Total 1020.8 20.3 18.6 17.1 14.0 76 77 64.3
Normal* 1020.5 20.2 17.9 15.9 11.9 69 52 26.8
Station Hong   Kong   Observatory

EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG,
DECEMBER 2015 (Table 2)

Date
December
Number of hours
of Reduced
Visibility#
(hours)
Total
Bright
Sunshine
(hours)
Daily
Global Solar
Radiation
(MJ/m2)
Total
Evaporation
(mm)
Prevailing
Wind
Direction
(degrees)
Mean
Wind
Speed
(km/h)
1 5 2.0 9.78 2.7 070 25.0
2 1 6.3 13.26 3.4 070 15.9
3 0 - 2.41 1.9 020 27.9
4 0 0.6 8.60 1.2 050 37.9
5 0 0.1 1.97 2.9 070 41.3
6 0 0.1 6.42 2.6 010 28.4
7 0 0.9 8.95 2.3 010 21.8
8 0 - 2.76 1.0 030 28.5
9 0 - 1.66 0.9 060 35.1
10 7 5.1 11.86 1.2 020 10.2
11 0 6.3 12.58 2.3 060 20.7
12 3 0.2 4.31 0.6 070 39.5
13 8 - 4.31 1.8 070 30.3
14 2 0.4 5.42 2.1 050 20.3
15 0 2.2 8.42 3.6 010 26.8
16 8 9.3 15.54 6.7 010 48.0
17 0 9.1 16.46 4.0 020 35.6
18 0 9.5 16.39 2.5 040 25.2
19 0 2.1 6.00 1.2 030 29.0
20 4 - 2.39 1.8 040 19.0
21 6 1.6 8.46 1.7 050 22.5
22 0 0.3 5.33 1.0 060 27.3
23 1 - 5.50 1.1 040 15.0
24 0 6.0 13.40 2.7 040 9.4
25 0 0.7 5.97 3.0 010 27.6
26 7 0.6 6.14 2.5 030 21.6
27 7 - 2.60 1.2 030 18.4
28 0 1.0 5.75 1.6 020 25.9
29 8 4.6 11.50 2.5 070 33.4
30 15 1.2 8.82 2.6 020 20.9
31 19 5.7 11.60 2.3 020 23.3
Mean/Total 101 75.9 7.89 68.9 020 26.2
Normal* 231.8§ 172.2 10.89 83.7 070 26.0
StationHong   Kong
International   Airport
King's   Park Waglan   Island^

The minimum pressure recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 1013.1 hectopascals at 1611 HKT on 9 December.

The maximum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 25.1 degrees C at 1248 HKT on 1 December.

The minimum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 11.3 degrees C at 0529 HKT on 18 December.

The maximum gust peak speed recorded at Waglan Island was 75 kilometres per hour from 020 degrees at 1956 HKT on 16 December.

The maximum instantaneous rate of rainfall recorded at King's Park was 146 millimetres per hour at 1842 HKT on 9 December.

# Reduced visibility refers to visibility below 8 kilometres when there is no fog, mist or precipitation.

   - The visibility readings at the Hong Kong International Airport are based on hourly observations by professional meteorological observers in 2004 and before, and average readings over the 10-minute period before the clock hour of the visibility meter near the middle of the south runway from 2005 onwards. The change of the data source in 2005 is an improvement of the visibility assessment using instrumented observations following the international trend.

   - Before 10 October 2007, the number of hours of reduced visibility at the Hong Kong International Airport in 2005 and thereafter displayed in this web page was based on hourly visibility observations by professional meteorological observers. Since 10 October 2007, the data have been revised using the average visibility readings over the 10-minute period before the clock hour, as recorded by the visibility meter near the middle of the south runway.

^ In case the data are not available from Waglan Island, observations of Cheung Chau or other nearby weather stations will be incorporated in computing the Prevailing Wind Direction and Mean Wind Speed.

* 1981-2010 Climatological Normal, unless otherwise specified

§ 1997-2014 Mean value