Skip Content

EXTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HONG KONG, MAY 2016

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

Date
May
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 1011.5 23.4 22.2 20.4 20.9 92 90 3.1
2 1011.0 29.8 25.6 22.8 23.6 89 82 0.3
3 1011.4 30.8 26.5 22.8 23.9 86 84 30.7
4 1011.4 28.2 25.8 23.2 23.4 87 82 Trace
5 1010.5 30.9 28.1 26.2 25.1 84 85 -
6 1009.9 30.5 28.4 27.2 25.3 83 84 -
7 1010.6 31.0 28.7 27.1 25.1 81 69 -
8 1011.4 31.2 28.7 27.3 25.2 82 80 -
9 1010.1 30.6 28.7 26.9 25.0 81 69 -
10 1008.1 28.4 26.6 23.7 24.3 87 84 60.3
11 1008.6 28.8 25.5 23.4 20.6 75 62 -
12 1009.8 27.6 25.1 23.7 21.4 80 78 Trace
13 1012.4 27.8 25.5 24.4 22.2 82 88 Trace
14 1014.2 27.7 25.4 24.0 23.4 89 86 4.7
15 1012.1 29.8 26.6 24.4 23.7 85 75 1.0
16 1011.2 27.1 24.8 22.5 19.4 73 69 0.3
17 1012.3 24.6 23.7 23.2 20.1 80 86 1.2
18 1012.0 26.3 24.5 23.4 19.9 76 79 -
19 1009.9 28.1 25.5 24.0 22.5 84 85 Trace
20 1006.9 26.2 25.2 24.3 24.2 94 88 16.1
21 1005.9 28.3 26.5 24.7 24.3 88 77 37.6
22 1007.8 30.8 27.2 25.3 22.7 77 63 -
23 1008.4 28.9 26.8 24.8 23.2 81 65 Trace
24 1007.9 30.7 27.5 25.4 24.1 82 61 Trace
25 1007.8 30.9 28.0 26.2 24.7 82 62 Trace
26 1007.6 29.5 27.6 26.7 24.8 85 84 0.1
27 1006.4 29.1 27.5 26.0 25.5 89 88 14.4
28 1007.6 30.3 27.7 24.5 25.6 89 89 62.9
29 1007.9 31.0 29.1 27.2 26.1 84 77 0.8
30 1008.8 32.1 29.8 28.0 26.0 80 73 0.1
31 1009.5 31.8 29.9 28.7 25.7 79 72 -
Mean/Total 1009.7 29.1 26.7 24.9 23.6 83 78 233.6
Normal* 1009.3 28.4 25.9 24.1 22.6 83 76 304.7
Station Hong   Kong   Observatory

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

Date
May
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 2 0.5 12.76 1.3 050 23.7
2 2 2.0 12.24 4.2 050 11.1
3 0 3.1 14.16 4.5 220 11.8
4 0 2.7 13.32 1.5 040 9.2
5 0 2.0 13.21 3.1 180 15.4
6 0 2.9 14.04 1.2 190 15.5
7 0 4.7 16.31 6.1 170 12.1
8 0 3.8 16.11 2.8 150 9.5
9 0 3.9 14.85 3.7 170 16.3
10 0 0.3 2.74 N.A. 220 12.0
11 0 8.8 23.96 5.4 080 26.0
12 3 5.0 19.20 4.7 070 28.6
13 2 1.2 13.35 1.6 050 24.9
14 1 2.8 9.13 4.8 070 28.3
15 0 7.7 21.85 4.3 050 15.7
16 0 7.2 18.54 5.0 010 21.9
17 0 0.3 8.48 3.2 080 39.5
18 0 4.8 19.70 3.7 070 30.3
19 0 3.5 17.86 3.4 070 26.4
20 0 0.1 4.28 N.A. 040 22.3
21 0 1.9 8.71 6.0 230 25.9
22 0 5.6 17.33 0.3 020 11.3
23 0 6.4 15.57 3.5 020 7.9
24 0 7.6 18.81 3.7 180 7.4
25 0 8.8 23.44 5.1 100 16.2
26 0 1.8 10.39 2.5 070 34.8
27 0 1.2 10.73 4.0 130 32.5
28 0 1.2 6.53 N.A. 200 24.0
29 0 3.6 14.33 3.3 210 19.0
30 0 9.8 25.14 6.0 220 22.8
31 0 7.0 21.04 6.1 220 25.2
Mean/Total 10 122.2 14.78 105.0& 070 20.2
Normal* 47.3§ 140.4 14.19 110.7 080 19.7
StationHong   Kong
International   Airport
King's   Park Waglan   Island^

The minimum pressure recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 1004.1 hectopascals at 0438 HKT on 21 May.

The maximum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 32.1 degrees C at 1542 HKT on 30 May.

The minimum air temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 20.4 degrees C at 0104 HKT on 1 May.

The maximum gust peak speed recorded at Waglan Island was 72 kilometres per hour from 160 degrees at 1210 HKT on 27 May.

The maximum 1-minute mean rainfall rate recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory was 133 millimetres per hour at 1109 HKT on 10 May.

# 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