Agreement No. CE 45/2008 (CE) Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point and Associated Works 9th Quarterly Environmental Monitoring and Audit Summary Report

AUES

(August to October 2015)

Weather Condition Extracted from HKO

The weather of August 2015

August 2015 was hotter and drier than usual. The mean temperature in the month was 29.3 degrees, 0.7

degree above the normal figure of 28.6 degrees and the seventh highest for August on record. The monthly

total rainfall recorded in August 2015 was 143.3 millimetres, only about one-third of the normal figure of

432.2 millimetres. The accumulated rainfall of 1531.2 millimetres since 1 January was about 20 percent below the normal figure of 1905.5 millimetres for the same period.

The weather of September 2015

September 2015 was marked by sunny and warm weather with below normal rainfall. The monthly mean temperature of 28.4 degrees was the seventh highest for September on record and 0.7 degrees above the normal figure of 27.7 degrees. With no tropical cyclone affecting Hong Kong and necessitating the issuance of tropical cyclone warning signals in August and September, a record since 1946, the total rainfall in September was only 87.9 millimetres, a deficit of about 73 percent comparing to the normal figure of 327.6 millimetres. The accumulated rainfall of 1619.1 millimetres since 1 January was about 27 percent below the normal figure of 2233.1 millimetres for the same period.

The weather of October 2015

The weather of October 2015 was warmer than usual. The monthly mean temperature of 26.0 degrees was 0.5 degrees above the normal figure of 25.5 degrees. The month was also wetter than usual, mainly as a result of heavy rain brought by tropical cyclone Mujigae during the first week of the month. A total of 168.3 millimetres of rainfall was recorded of the month, about 67 percent above the normal figure of 100.9 millimetres. However, the accumulated rainfall of 1787.4 millimetres since 1 January was still about 23 percent below the normal figure of 2334.0 millimetres for the same period.

Remark: The meteorological data during the Reporting Period is presented in the relevant monthly EM&A report.

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