PRESS WEATHER NO. 004 - HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL

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HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER AND RADIATION LEVEL:
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HONG KONG OBSERVATORY
MAXIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE                       23.8 C
MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE                       18.4 C
GRASS MINIMUM TEMPERATURE                     15.5 C
RELATIVE HUMIDITY                          50 - 84 PERCENT
RAINFALL                                     TRACE
TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE 1ST JANUARY              32.3 MM
AGAINST AN AVERAGE OF                        105.1 MM
 
OTHER STATIONS                MIN                  MAX
KING'S PARK                  17.3 C               23.0 C
WONG CHUK HANG               17.4 C               23.2 C
TA KWU LING                  15.2 C               24.5 C
LAU FAU SHAN                 15.9 C               28.3 C
TAI PO                       17.1 C               22.6 C
SHA TIN                      16.6 C               22.6 C
TUEN MUN                     17.3 C               23.5 C
TSEUNG KWAN O                16.2 C               22.8 C
SAI KUNG                     16.0 C               21.1 C
CHEUNG CHAU                  17.2 C               23.0 C
CHEK LAP KOK                 18.4 C               24.6 C
TSING YI                     17.8 C               24.3 C
SHEK KONG                    17.9 C               25.9 C
TSUEN WAN HO KOON            15.6 C               23.9 C
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY   16.5 C               24.9 C
HONG KONG PARK               17.5 C               22.4 C
SHAU KEI WAN                 17.8 C               20.8 C
KOWLOON CITY                 16.7 C               23.7 C
HAPPY VALLEY                 17.9 C               24.4 C
WONG TAI SIN                 17.6 C               23.0 C
STANLEY                      17.9 C               22.1 C
KWUN TONG                    17.1 C               21.3 C
SHAM SHUI PO                 17.3 C               24.2 C
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK          18.4 C               23.0 C
YUEN LONG PARK               16.3 C               26.7 C
TAI MEI TUK                  15.9 C               23.6 C
 
DURATION OF SUNSHINE (KING'S PARK):             10.6 H
 
THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S PARK YESTERDAY WAS 4,
THE UV INTENSITY WAS MODERATE.
THE MAXIMUM UV INDEX FOR YESTERDAY WAS 8.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (WAGLAN ISLAND):        20.7 C
 
YESTERDAY'S (21 MAR 2024) 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                      0.12
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 00:15 HKT ON 22.03.2024