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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).
On April 10, 1996, the Earth's strongest surface wind, not including tornadoes, was measured, but almost 14 years would pass until it became an official world record. Tropical Cyclone Olivia bore...
On February 9 this year, an anemometer at an elevation of 9186 feet on Mt. Kirkwood in the California Sierra reported a wind gust of 209 mph. If validated, this would be the highest wind gust...
The most intense storm by lowest pressure and peak 10-minute sustained winds was Typhoon Tip, which was also the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in terms of minimum central pressure. Storms with a minimum pressure of 899 hPa (26.55 inHg) or less are listed.
Currently [as of?], the second-highest surface wind speed ever officially recorded is 103.266 m/s (371.76 km/h; 231.00 mph; 200.733 kn; 338.80 ft/s) at the Mount Washington (New Hampshire) Observatory 1,917 m (6,288 ft) above sea level in the US on 12 April 1934, using a hot-wire anemometer.
The fastest wind speed ever recorded comes from a hurricane gust. On April 10, 1996, Tropical Cyclone Olivia (a hurricane) passed by Barrow Island, Australia. It was the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane at the time, 254 mph (408 km/h).
For many years, the highest wind speed ever recorded was from a hurricane in Mount Washington, New Hampshire in 1934. It reached its highest wind speed at 231 mph. Many say that the highest hurricane wind speed ever recorded was from the 1996 tropical cyclone, Olivia.
Eighty-nine years ago today, Mount Washington Observatory, in its second year of existence, recorded a world-record wind speed of 231 miles per hour – a record that would stand for over 60 years.
On Wednesday, April 10, 1996, Barrow Island, which is off the coast of western Australia, measured the highest wind speed ever recorded on Earth (not including tornadoes). Tropical Cyclone...
The all-time highest record for the fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth goes to the 253 mph recorded on Barrow Island, Australia on April 10, 1996. The record wind speed was taken during the tropical Cyclone Olivia which was a Category 4 storm.