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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. Storm information was less reliably documented and recorded before 1950. [9]
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).
Record Date Tropical Cyclone and/or Location Ref(s) Highest overall rainfall: 6,083 mm (239.5 in) January 14, 1980 – January 28, 1980: Cyclone Hyacinthe in Reunion Island [2] Highest storm surge: 14.5 m (47.6 ft) March 5, 1899: Cyclone Mahina in Bathurst Bay, Queensland, Australia [3] Highest confirmed wave height α: 30 m (98.4 ft) September ...
On May 3, 1999, an F5 tornado struck Bridge Creek and Moore, Oklahoma, with winds of over 300 mph - the highest wind speed ever recorded on Earth. Nearly 600 people were injured, and 36 were ...
Hurricane-force wind gusts of 70 to 80 mph are possible there Tuesday evening, forecasters said. There is a risk of beach erosion, coastal flooding and ocean overwash onto roads that run close to ...
Wind measuring has been standardized globally to reflect the winds at 10 metres (33 ft) above mean sea level, [nb 1] and the maximum sustained wind represents the highest average wind over either a one-minute (US) or ten-minute time span (see the definition, below), anywhere within the tropical cyclone. Surface winds are highly variable due to ...
The fastest wind speed not related to tornadoes ever recorded was during the passage of Tropical Cyclone Olivia on 10 April 1996: an automatic weather station on Barrow Island, Australia, registered a maximum wind gust of 113.3 m/s (408 km/h; 253 mph; 220.2 kn; 372 ft/s) [6] [7] The wind gust was evaluated by the WMO Evaluation Panel, who found ...
On that date, a 231-mph wind gust was clocked, the highest wind speed ever observed by an anemometer, an instrument designed to measure wind speeds. So far the highest wind gust reported with this ...