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EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG, JANUARY 2016

EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG,
JANUARY 2016 (Table 1)

Date
January
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 1025.9 19.9 18.3 16.8 13.1 72 49 Trace
2 1022.0 21.7 18.9 17.2 15.6 81 83 0.3
3 1019.7 20.3 19.3 18.0 18.4 95 91 5.6
4 1018.9 22.3 20.6 19.1 18.8 90 88 Trace
5 1015.9 21.3 20.7 20.2 19.9 95 81 46.7
6 1018.8 24.3 20.9 19.2 18.0 84 51 Trace
7 1021.8 21.4 18.8 17.0 15.0 79 56 -
8 1020.8 21.0 18.4 16.5 14.4 78 28 -
9 1020.6 18.9 18.1 17.1 14.3 78 79 -
10 1017.5 18.5 18.0 17.2 15.5 85 91 6.9
11 1016.5 20.4 18.1 16.5 16.4 90 90 30.7
12 1019.9 18.5 17.3 16.1 13.7 79 86 -
13 1020.8 18.7 16.1 14.2 12.1 77 34 -
14 1019.3 17.5 16.5 15.6 12.9 79 81 1.1
15 1015.4 16.1 15.1 14.5 14.6 97 97 38.8
16 1013.5 17.1 16.4 15.5 15.6 95 93 12.3
17 1011.5 20.6 17.8 14.8 16.1 90 79 24.6
18 1017.1 17.8 15.2 11.9 11.0 76 49 -
19 1020.1 17.6 16.4 15.3 12.5 78 84 -
20 1019.6 16.8 15.5 14.8 13.9 90 92 3.3
21 1017.7 17.1 16.1 15.1 15.3 95 100 0.1
22 1018.9 16.2 14.1 10.3 12.9 92 100 12.9
23 1027.1 10.4 8.5 7.0 3.4 70 95 0.5
24 1034.6 7.1 4.9 3.1 -2.2 61 96 4.0
25 1032.6 10.8 7.4 4.3 -3.7 46 25 -
26 1027.1 13.5 10.4 8.1 2.5 59 85 Trace
27 1022.7 15.3 13.0 9.8 11.6 92 95 3.5
28 1018.2 17.4 16.1 14.8 15.7 98 100 42.5
29 1017.9 17.4 16.6 15.9 15.9 96 91 32.8
30 1020.0 19.9 17.6 16.2 15.5 88 80 -
31 1019.9 16.2 15.7 15.3 13.4 86 93 0.3
Mean/Total 1020.4 17.8 16.0 14.4 13.0 83 79 266.9
Normal* 1020.3 18.6 16.3 14.5 11.4 74 61 24.7
Station Hong   Kong   Observatory

EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG,
JANUARY 2016 (Table 2)

Date
January
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 12 9.3 15.24 3.1 080 26.3
2 20 0.6 7.77 2.0 050 15.3
3 3 - 4.39 0.6 040 14.2
4 0 1.0 8.59 1.2 050 16.9
5 1 - 2.23 N.A. 040 13.7
6 6 7.7 14.99 3.6 020 14.5
7 0 3.4 9.65 3.0 030 21.5
8 10 7.7 14.24 2.5 060 14.3
9 1 3.3 9.68 0.6 070 39.3
10 4 - 2.76 0.5 070 37.7
11 0 2.1 8.52 1.3 040 23.3
12 0 0.6 7.24 2.9 020 23.9
13 3 9.1 16.14 3.4 030 24.4
14 0 1.5 7.14 2.2 060 33.2
15 0 - 1.42 N.A. 050 37.5
16 7 - 2.19 2.1 060 40.0
17 4 1.6 6.49 2.0 020 23.4
18 0 3.9 10.45 1.8 050 28.4
19 3 1.0 6.45 1.4 060 38.0
20 3 - 1.85 0.1 070 50.6
21 0 - 2.45 0.2 050 26.2
22 2 - 1.96 0.8 050 35.3
23 0 - 3.20 0.2 020 55.5
24 0 - 2.93 1.5 020 59.5
25 0 10.1 19.07 3.1 020 28.7
26 0 0.4 5.83 0.2 020 21.3
27 0 0.2 5.01 0.8 020 29.6
28 0 - 2.45 N.A. 060 28.8
29 0 0.2 6.38 N.A. 050 25.0
30 6 3.3 10.61 2.9 050 21.2
31 1 0.1 4.20 0.4 070 43.1
Mean/Total 86 67.1 7.15 44.4& 060 29.4
Normal* 247.9§ 143.0 10.17 71.3 060 25.3
StationHong   Kong
International   Airport
King's   Park Waglan   Island^

The minimum pressure recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 1008.9 hectopascals at 0600 HKT on 17 January.

The maximum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 24.3 degrees C at 1320 HKT on 6 January.

The minimum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 3.1 degrees C at 1530 HKT on 24 January.

The maximum gust peak speed recorded at Waglan Island was 92 kilometres per hour from 020 degrees at 1243 HKT on 24 January.

The maximum 1-minute mean rainfall rate recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 183 millimetres per hour at 1400 HKT on 5 January.

# 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

§ 1997-2015 Mean value

& Data incomplete