Shek Kong is an area north of Tai Mo Shan, located near Kam Tin and Pat Heung, in Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong.
| Shek Kong | |||||||||||||
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 Shek Kong Airfield in May 2011 | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 石崗 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 石岗 | ||||||||||||
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Shek Kong Airfield is located in Shek Kong. A sizable Nepal Gurkha population is present in the area even after the withdrawal of British military.[citation needed]
Climate
| Climate data for Shek Kong (1997–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.4 (83.1) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.8 (87.4) | 33.1 (91.6) | 34.4 (93.9) | 36.4 (97.5) | 37.3 (99.1) | 37.2 (99.0) | 35.9 (96.6) | 34.2 (93.6) | 32.3 (90.1) | 29.6 (85.3) | 37.3 (99.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) | 21.4 (70.5) | 23.9 (75.0) | 27.1 (80.8) | 30.0 (86.0) | 31.6 (88.9) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.6 (90.7) | 31.6 (88.9) | 29.2 (84.6) | 25.7 (78.3) | 21.5 (70.7) | 27.3 (81.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) | 17.2 (63.0) | 19.7 (67.5) | 23.2 (73.8) | 26.4 (79.5) | 28.1 (82.6) | 28.7 (83.7) | 28.5 (83.3) | 27.5 (81.5) | 25.1 (77.2) | 21.5 (70.7) | 16.9 (62.4) | 23.2 (73.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.0 (53.6) | 13.7 (56.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 20.1 (68.2) | 23.5 (74.3) | 25.4 (77.7) | 25.7 (78.3) | 25.3 (77.5) | 24.5 (76.1) | 21.9 (71.4) | 18.0 (64.4) | 13.1 (55.6) | 20.0 (68.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1.9 (35.4) | 3.1 (37.6) | 6.8 (44.2) | 10.8 (51.4) | 15.9 (60.6) | 19.2 (66.6) | 21.7 (71.1) | 21.7 (71.1) | 17.6 (63.7) | 12.5 (54.5) | 5.8 (42.4) | 2.5 (36.5) | 1.9 (35.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 36.8 (1.45) | 34.2 (1.35) | 59.3 (2.33) | 137.8 (5.43) | 281.8 (11.09) | 424.8 (16.72) | 312.7 (12.31) | 342.0 (13.46) | 262.6 (10.34) | 74.7 (2.94) | 32.3 (1.27) | 32.4 (1.28) | 2,031.4 (79.97) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72.9 | 75.6 | 77.6 | 79.3 | 81.8 | 82.8 | 82.2 | 81.8 | 78.9 | 73.4 | 72.7 | 69.9 | 77.4 |
| Source: Hong Kong Observatory (precipitation 1998-2020)[1] | |||||||||||||
Education
Shek Kong is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 74. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: Yuen Long Government Primary School (元朗官立小學).[2]
References
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