Hong Kong is handed over

Tuesday, July 1, 1997Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

rain until 6am90°F

Rain through the night, light and warm, the air near 88°F and the harbour lost in cloud. It grew heavier after eight in the morning. Showers came through all day, some hard, under a sky that never opened, with the air feeling like 93° by mid-afternoon and the wind gusting stiffly off the water. A pause near seven in the evening. Then more rain after eleven, the night as wet as the day.

Rain
0.78"
Humidity
92%
Wind
9 mph
Daylight
13.5 hrs
High / Low
83° / 78°F
Felt like
94° / 87°F
Snowfall
0.0"
Pressure
29.66 inHg
Gusting to
25 mph
Wind from
south
Sunrise / Sunset
5:42 am / 7:11 pm
Day's character
rain

Close to what instruments recorded. The King's Park station, 4 mi away, recorded 4.80 in of rain that day, more than the model above shows. Where they differ, trust the station.

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