HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER AND RADIATION LEVEL:
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HONG KONG OBSERVATORY
MAXIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE                       15.2 C
MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE                       11.4 C
GRASS MINIMUM TEMPERATURE                     14.2 C
RELATIVE HUMIDITY                          65 - 75 PERCENT
RAINFALL                                         0 MM
TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE 1ST JANUARY            2774.3 MM
AGAINST AN AVERAGE OF                       2419.5 MM
 
OTHER STATIONS                MIN                  MAX
KING'S PARK                  10.3 C               14.6 C
WONG CHUK HANG               12.3 C               15.2 C
TA KWU LING                  8.1 C               12.3 C
LAU FAU SHAN                 9.3 C               14.1 C
TAI PO                       9.1 C               12.9 C
SHA TIN                      9.7 C               14.0 C
TUEN MUN                     10.1 C               13.4 C
TSEUNG KWAN O                10.7 C               14.6 C
SAI KUNG                     10.0 C               14.0 C
CHEUNG CHAU                  10.2 C               14.9 C
CHEK LAP KOK                 10.3 C               14.5 C
TSING YI                     10.9 C               14.9 C
SHEK KONG                    8.9 C               12.9 C
TSUEN WAN HO KOON            7.7 C               13.6 C
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY   9.8 C               14.5 C
HONG KONG PARK               11.8 C               15.1 C
SHAU KEI WAN                 11.0 C               14.2 C
KOWLOON CITY                 9.5 C               13.9 C
HAPPY VALLEY                 12.4 C               15.4 C
WONG TAI SIN                 10.6 C               14.9 C
STANLEY                      11.9 C               15.3 C
KWUN TONG                    10.3 C               13.6 C
SHAM SHUI PO                 10.4 C               14.1 C
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK          12.0 C               15.3 C
YUEN LONG PARK               9.1 C               12.9 C
TAI MEI TUK                  9.6 C               14.1 C
 
DURATION OF SUNSHINE (KING'S PARK):                0 H
 
THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S PARK YESTERDAY WAS
0.9, THE UV INTENSITY WAS LOW.
THE MAXIMUM UV INDEX FOR YESTERDAY WAS 2.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (WAGLAN ISLAND):        22.5 C
 
YESTERDAY'S (17 DEC 2023) AVERAGE AMBIENT GAMMA RADIATION
DOSE RATE TAKEN OUTDOORS IN HONG KONG RANGED FROM 0.09 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                             0.09
KAT O                               0.10
YUEN NG FAN                         0.12
TAI MEI TUK                         0.12
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                      0.13
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.
 
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 00:15 HKT ON 18.12.2023