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A wind gust of 194 mph (312 km/h) was recorded at Cairn Gorm on 19 December 2008 but was discovered too late to be verified by the Met Office. [14] The highest wind speed in England was a wind gust of 125.4 mph recorded at The Needles, Isle of Wight, on 18 February 2022 during Storm Eunice. [15]
The Great Storm of 1968 (Hurricane Low Q) had crossed Great Britain between the Pennines and Perthshire with the highest-ever recorded peak wind speeds (134 mph). At the time this was the strongest wind gust ever recorded in the United Kingdom, though this was superseded in 1986 when a 173 mph (278 km/h) gust was recorded at Cairn Gorm.
The warmest month on record is July 2006, with a mean temperature of 9.9 °C (49.8 °F). [12] Conversely, the coldest month on record is March 2013, with a mean temperature of −6.7 °C (19.9 °F). [13] Cairn Gorm is notable for having the highest ever recorded wind speed in the UK on land. A wind gust of 278 km/h (173 mph) was recorded on 20 ...
This broke the highest low-level wind speed record for the British Isles. Much higher (unofficial) windspeeds have been recorded on the summit of Cairn Gorm and on Unst in Shetland. 1990 Storm series 25 January – 1 March 1990 1990 saw 8 storms impacting Europe between January and March. Burns' Day storm (Daria) 25–26 January 1990 ...
Fastest ever recorded: 484±32 km/h (301±20 mph) (3-second gust); calculated by a DOW (Doppler On Wheels) radar unit in the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado between Oklahoma City and Moore, Oklahoma, USA, 3 May 1999. Recently, the wind speeds were re-examined and adjusted to a maximum official wind speed of 321 mph (516.6 km/h).
A 134 mph (216 km/h) wind gust was recorded at Great Dun Fell in Cumbria, England. [citation needed] At the time this was the strongest wind gust ever recorded in the United Kingdom, [10] though this was superseded in 1986 when a 173 mph (278 km/h) gust was recorded at Cairn Gorm. [11]
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A gust of wind with a speed of 122 miles per hour (196 km/h) was recorded at The Needles, Isle of Wight, the fastest gust ever recorded in England, though unofficially, 40 minutes after the reading was taken, the wind gust hit 125 mph (201 km/h). [62] [82] [83] There were several casualties, including three fatalities.