HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER AND RADIATION LEVEL:
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HONG KONG OBSERVATORY
MAXIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE                       26.0 C
MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE                       23.0 C
GRASS MINIMUM TEMPERATURE                     22.3 C
RELATIVE HUMIDITY                          70 - 85 PERCENT
RAINFALL                                       0.2 MM
TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE 1ST JANUARY            2077.5 MM
AGAINST AN AVERAGE OF                       2310.5 MM
 
OTHER STATIONS                MIN                  MAX
KING'S PARK                  22.1 C               26.7 C
WONG CHUK HANG               22.7 C               26.3 C
TA KWU LING                  21.6 C               27.9 C
LAU FAU SHAN                 21.2 C               28.6 C
TAI PO                       NO DATA             NO DATA
SHA TIN                      22.4 C               25.8 C
TUEN MUN                     21.8 C               27.8 C
TSEUNG KWAN O                22.4 C               25.9 C
SAI KUNG                     22.9 C               25.3 C
CHEUNG CHAU                  22.6 C               26.7 C
CHEK LAP KOK                 23.0 C               28.6 C
TSING YI                     22.8 C               26.7 C
SHEK KONG                    22.5 C               27.2 C
TSUEN WAN HO KOON            21.4 C               26.7 C
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY   22.3 C               27.7 C
HONG KONG PARK               22.4 C               26.0 C
SHAU KEI WAN                 23.1 C               24.7 C
KOWLOON CITY                 21.9 C               26.7 C
HAPPY VALLEY                 23.3 C               26.3 C
WONG TAI SIN                 22.2 C               26.3 C
STANLEY                      23.3 C               25.4 C
KWUN TONG                    22.2 C               25.6 C
SHAM SHUI PO                 22.2 C               27.8 C
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK          23.2 C               25.4 C
YUEN LONG PARK               21.7 C               28.2 C
TAI MEI TUK                  21.7 C               26.8 C
 
DURATION OF SUNSHINE (KING'S PARK):              1.6 H
 
THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S PARK YESTERDAY WAS 2,
THE UV INTENSITY WAS LOW.
THE MAXIMUM UV INDEX FOR YESTERDAY WAS 7.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (WAGLAN ISLAND):     NO DATA
 
YESTERDAY'S (19 OCT 2018) AVERAGE AMBIENT GAMMA RADIATION
DOSE RATE TAKEN OUTDOORS IN HONG KONG RANGED FROM 0.09 TO
0.14 MICROSIEVERT PER HOUR.  THESE ARE WITHIN THE NORMAL
RANGE OF FLUCTUATION OF THE BACKGROUND RADIATION LEVEL IN
HONG KONG (SEE NOTE). THE AVERAGE DOSE RATES MEASURED AT
THE RADIATION MONITORING STATIONS OVER VARIOUS PARTS OF THE
TERRITORY WERE AS FOLLOWS :
 
STATION                     YESTERDAY'S AVERAGE
                            (MICROSIEVERT/HOUR)
PING CHAU                           0.09
TAP MUN                             0.09
KAT O                               0.10
YUEN NG FAN                         0.12
TAI MEI TUK                         0.12
SHA TAU KOK                         0.10
KWUN TONG                           0.12
SAI WAN HO                          0.09
KING'S PARK                         0.14
TSIM BEI TSUI                       0.13
CAPE D'AGUILAR                      0.13
CHEK LAP KOK                        0.14

 
NOTE
1.     FROM READINGS TAKEN AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN HONG KONG IN THE
       PAST, THE HOURLY MEAN AMBIENT GAMMA RADIATION DOSE RATE MAY 
       VARY BETWEEN 0.06 AND 0.3 MICROSIEVERT PER HOUR. 
       (1 MICROSIEVERT = 0.000001 SIEVERT = 0.001 MILLISIEVERT)
 
2.     TEMPORAL VARIATIONS ARE GENERALLY CAUSED BY CHANGES IN
       METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS RAINFALL, WIND AND 
       BAROMETRIC PRESSURE.
 
3.     SPATIAL VARIATIONS ARE GENERALLY CAUSED BY DIFFERENCES IN 
       THE RADIOACTIVE CONTENT OF LOCAL ROCK AND SOIL.
 
4.     THE DATA DISPLAYED IS PROVISIONAL. ONLY LIMITED DATA 
       VALIDATION HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:15 HKT ON 20.10.2018