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The official highest wind gust from the storm in Ireland was 183 km/h (114 mph), [34] surpassing an 80-year-old record for the country when a wind gust of 113 mph (182 km/h) at Foynes was measured in 1945. [35] Moneypoint weather station (anemometer height 40 m (130 ft) above ground level) measured a 159.8 km/h (99.3 mph) wind gust at 04:10.
The Night of the Big Wind (Irish: Oíche na Gaoithe Móire) was a powerful European windstorm that swept across what was then the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beginning on the afternoon of 6 January 1839, causing severe damage to property and several hundred deaths. 20 to 25% of houses in north Dublin were damaged or destroyed, and 42 ships were wrecked. [1]
Probably the most severe to affect Ireland since the Night of the Big Wind, with an estimated 1000–3000 trees uprooted in Phoenix Park, Dublin. Following a stormy period between the 18–26 which saw several depressions pass close by to the west coast of Ireland. The storm's low pressure was estimated at 975 mb (28.8 inHg) (Lamb, 1991).
A fallen tree brought down during Storm Éowyn blocks the road on January 24, 2025, in Holywood, near Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Met Office has issued rare red warnings for wind in Northern ...
Three people are confirmed dead, and another is missing, amid a powerful storm named Babet, which will continue to bring significant wind and rain to Ireland and portions of the United Kingdom ...
Wind warnings are in place for several counties on the island of Ireland on Sunday as Storm Bert continues to cause challenging conditions. The storm, which landed overnight on Friday, flooded ...
Storm Darragh (known as Storm Xaveria in Germany) [1] was a powerful extratropical cyclone which severely impacted Ireland and the United Kingdom in December 2024. The fourth named (using the western group naming list) storm of the 2024–25 European windstorm season, Darragh was named by the UK Met Office on 5 December 2024.
In Ireland, Storm Ashley is expected to bring strong and gusty southerly winds western Ireland, combined with high spring tides where an orange wind warning was issued place. This hazardous weather event could lead to several impacts including, coastal flooding, large coastal waves, and displaced objects are possible due to the powerful winds ...