PRESS WEATHER NO. 006 - HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL
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HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:17 HKT ON 03.10.2023
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER AND RADIATION LEVEL:
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HONG KONG OBSERVATORY
MAXIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE 32.3 C
MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE 27.9 C
GRASS MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 26.8 C
RELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 - 82 PERCENT
RAINFALL 0.4 MM
TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE 1ST JANUARY 2224.7 MM
AGAINST AN AVERAGE OF 2252.8 MM
OTHER STATIONS MIN MAX
KING'S PARK 26.7 C 31.3 C
WONG CHUK HANG 27.7 C 31.3 C
TA KWU LING 26.2 C 32.5 C
LAU FAU SHAN 27.0 C 35.1 C
TAI PO 27.3 C 31.5 C
SHA TIN 27.4 C 31.8 C
TUEN MUN 27.6 C 32.8 C
TSEUNG KWAN O 26.9 C 31.6 C
SAI KUNG 27.4 C 30.0 C
CHEUNG CHAU 26.8 C 31.2 C
CHEK LAP KOK 28.2 C 33.8 C
TSING YI 27.4 C 32.1 C
SHEK KONG NO DATA NO DATA
TSUEN WAN HO KOON 25.4 C 30.9 C
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY 26.4 C 32.1 C
HONG KONG PARK 26.4 C 30.2 C
SHAU KEI WAN 26.3 C 29.7 C
KOWLOON CITY 26.4 C 31.9 C
HAPPY VALLEY 28.1 C 32.2 C
WONG TAI SIN 27.2 C 31.3 C
STANLEY 27.6 C 30.8 C
KWUN TONG 27.2 C 30.5 C
SHAM SHUI PO 27.4 C 31.6 C
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK 27.6 C 31.1 C
YUEN LONG PARK 27.3 C 33.9 C
TAI MEI TUK 27.0 C 30.7 C
DURATION OF SUNSHINE (KING'S PARK): 7.5 H
THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S PARK YESTERDAY WAS 3,
THE UV INTENSITY WAS MODERATE.
THE MAXIMUM UV INDEX FOR YESTERDAY WAS 9.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (WAGLAN ISLAND): NO DATA
YESTERDAY'S (2 OCT 2023) AVERAGE AMBIENT GAMMA RADIATION
DOSE RATE TAKEN OUTDOORS IN HONG KONG RANGED FROM 0.08 TO
0.15 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 0.10
TAP MUN 0.08
KAT O 0.09
YUEN NG FAN 0.12
TAI MEI TUK 0.11
SHA TAU KOK 0.10
KWUN TONG 0.13
SAI WAN HO 0.09
KING'S PARK 0.15
TSIM BEI TSUI 0.13
CAPE D'AGUILAR 0.12
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.
5. THE RANGE OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY
ORIGINATES FROM THE OBSERVER'S REPORTS OF HOURLY READINGS
OF THE DAY. THIS FOLLOWS THE LONG-TERM PRACTICE OF COLLECTING
CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA OF THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY FOR OVER A
CENTURY. IT MAY DIFFER FROM THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY RANGE
DERIVED FROM THE 1-MINUTE REPORTS OF THE AUTOMATIC WEATHER
STATION.
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:17 HKT ON 03.10.2023
Ends/Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Issued at HKT 0:17
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