A list of rainstorms and their reported damage in Hong Kong has been issued by Hong Kong Observatory in Appendix 7 of Technical Note 86:
List of recent rainstorms and their reported damage in Hong Kong
* All rainfall amounts are measured at the Hong Kong Observatory unless otherwise stated.
** Effects of the rainstorms are quoted from ESCAP reports (1960-1990) prepared by the Hong Kong Observatory.
Other reference on historic flood data
Hong Kong Observatory Reprint No. 45 - Annual Review of Damage Caused by Floods, Drought and Tropical Cyclones
1960 - 1969
|
Period |
Rainfall (mm)* |
Effect** |
Cause |
|
1960 |
|
9/JUN |
236.1 in 1 day |
45 dead; 11 missing; 127 injured; 15000 affected |
T. Mary |
|
1962 |
|
26/MAY |
114.2 in 1 day |
Some damage in Sai Kung |
Passage of a trough from south |
|
1/SEP |
203.0 in 1 day |
130 dead; 53 missing; 72000 homeless |
T. Wanda |
|
1964 |
|
28/MAY |
248.5 in 1 day |
Flooding in low-lying paddy fields |
T. Viola |
|
10-11/SEP |
177.0 in 2 days |
Numerous landslides |
T. Sally |
|
12-13/OCT |
333.1 in 2 days |
26 dead; numerous landslides |
T. Dot |
|
1965 |
|
26/SEP- 1/OCT |
534.2 in 6 days |
6 dead; 200 homeless; widespread flooding; numerous minor landslides |
T.S. Agnes |
|
1966 |
|
4/APR |
190.2 in 1 day |
15 dead |
Thunderstorms |
|
12/JUN |
382.6 in 1 day; 108.2 in 1 hour; 157.0 in 1 hour; a record high at Aberdeen |
64 dead; 29 injured; disastrous landslides and washouts on Peak Road, Stubbs Road and Ming Yuen Street; 8561 evacuated from their homes |
Prolonged period of rain (2-15 Jun) (documented in H.K..O. Occasional Paper No. 7) |
|
13-14/JUL |
160.0 in 2 days |
1 dead; several injured |
S.T.S. Lola |
|
18/AUG |
125.9 in 1 day |
Short period of flooding in low-lying areas |
SW Monsoon as T.S. Tess landed near Fuzhou |
|
1967 |
|
13-14/JUL |
126.0 in 2 days; more than 250.0 fell near Plover Cove and Tai Lam Chung |
no damage reported |
Upper air distrubance |
|
20-22/AUG |
191.8 in 3 days |
3 injured; 1500 evacuated from their homes |
T. Kate following a T.D. which brought 177.1 mm between 10-14 Aug and T.S. Iris that brought 135.0 mm between 15-17 Aug |
|
1968 |
|
12-13/JUN |
326.2 in 2 days |
22 dead; 7 injured; 10 landslides |
A surface trough |
|
20-22/AUG |
257.9 in 3 days |
3 landslides; 4 injured; 3000 evacuated from their homes |
T. Shirley |
|
1969 |
|
10-11/AUG |
220.8 on 11 Aug and 292.6 on 2 days after the typhoon landed near Fuzhou |
Urban flooding; disrupted traffice; 2000 evacuated in Shatin; landslidesover many hilly areas |
T. Betty (documented in H.K.O. Tech. Note No. 40) |
|