Slow moving typhoon, starting on the 4th, and ending on the 6th October 1894.
Was accompanied by heavy rainfall: 10,19 inches ( 259 mm) in 24 hours.
The Hongkong Government Gazette 8th June 1895: The typhoons of 1894, page 712.
At noon on the 5th [October 1894] the centre was situated in 21° 45′ 113° 35' or about 20 miles to the west of Gap Rock, and between 2 p. and 5 p. it was passing over or perhaps a little to the east of Macao at the slow rate of about 6 miles per hour only. At 9 p. it was situated between Hongkong and Canton at a distance of 30 miles to the NW of the former and 40 miles to the SE of the latter. Since early morning its course had been more and more towards a northerly direction and during the evening it had gained a NNE course. It was thus recurving on this day to the west of Hongkong, and as a consequence of the recurvature and the fact that the disturbance moved slowly during this act, the Colony, being in the righthand semicircle, experienced a strong gale, veering from NE to SW, for no less than 30 hours, viz., from 9 p. on the 4th until 2 a. on the 6th, the wind rising to typhoon force for a few hours on the 5th.
The barometric minimum (29.20) occurred about 5 p. on the latter day with the wind, from SE by S, of full typhoon force. Unfortunately, the velocity apparatus of the Observatory anemograph was broken by the wind, probably at 4.30 p., and the exact record of velocity was therefore lost but from estimations the wind was considered to be at its worst between 4.30 р. and 6 p., the squalls during this time being very severe. It is, however, doubtful whether the maximum hourly velocity as yet registered by the instrument, viz., 89 miles per hour, during, the typhoon of September 10th to 11th, 1884, was exceeded although some few of the squalls on the present occasion were undoubtedly of very great violence.
Some damage to property resulted, several houses being unroofed and a few partially demolished, but it does not appear that any very considerable damage to structures of a substantial character took place. The telegraphic lines suffered severely and many fine trees were uprooted, but for the latter the heavy rain (10.19 inches in the 24 hours) which fell in torrents the whole day was, perhaps, to some extent, responsible.
Several launches and junks which had sheltered in Yaumati Bay during the morning, the wind being then from E. and SE, drove ashore during the evening when the wind got round to SW, but otherwise no damage occurred in the harbour although two or three sailing vessels dragged anchors.