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    TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2015

    TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2015
    TABLE 4.8.2  Ten wettest tropical cyclones in Hong Kong (1884 - 1939, 1947 - 2015)

    Tropical Cyclone Rainfall at the Hong Kong Observatory (mm)
    Year Month Name (i)

    within
    600 km of Hong Kong
    (T1  T2)
    (ii)

    24-hour period after T2
    (iii)

    48-hour period after T2
    (iv)

    72-hour period after T2
    (i) + (iv)

    Total
    T1 
    (T2 + 72 hours)  
    1999 8 Sam 368.1 178.9 248.1 248.4 616.5
    1926 7 T.C. 34.8# 534.0# 561.1# 562.2# 597.0
    1916 6 T.C. 494.8# 27.9# 59.4# 67.2# 562.0
    1965 9 Agnes 404.6 8.9 64.3 126.1 530.7
    1978 7 Agnes 502.4 12.3 12.3 16.6 519.0
    1976 8 Ellen 90.7 394.2 421.0 425.4 516.1
    1993 9 Dot 459.6 37.9 37.9 37.9 497.5
    1982 8 Dot 41.2 322.5 403.1 450.5 491.7
    1995 8 Helen 241.4 146.2 235.2 239.5 480.9
    1904 8 T.C. 446.5# 0.0# 3.7# 26.7# 473.2
    T1 - The time when a tropical cyclone was first centred within 600 km of Hong Kong.
    T2 - The time when a tropical cyclone was dissipated within or moved outside 600 km of Hong Kong.
    # For years prior to 1961, column (i) is the sum of daily rainfall on those days when a tropical cyclone was centred within 600 km of Hong Kong, columns (ii) to (iv) show respectively the accumulated daily rainfall on the following one to three days.

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