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  2. List of the most intense tropical cyclones - Wikipedia

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    Its sustained winds of 345 km/h (215 mph) are also the highest on record globally. Storms with a minimum central pressure of 925 hPa (27.32 inHg) or less are listed. Storm information was less reliably documented and recorded before 1949, and most storms since are only estimated because landfalls (and related reconnaissance) are less common in ...

  3. Wind speed - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Columbus Day storm of 1962 - Wikipedia

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    In the city of Seattle, a peak wind speed of 65 mph (105 km/h) was recorded; this suggests gusts of at least 80 mph (130 km/h). Damaging winds reached as far inland as Spokane. Wind gusts of 58 mph (93 km/h), the National Weather Service minimum for "High Wind Criteria," or higher were reported from San Francisco, to Vancouver, British Columbia.

  5. List of tropical cyclone records - Wikipedia

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    ^α Although Luis produced the highest confirmed wave height for a tropical cyclone, it is possible that Hurricane Ivan produced a wave measuring 131 feet (40 m). [41]^β It is believed that reconnaissance aircraft overestimated wind speeds in tropical cyclones from the 1940s to the 1960s, and data from this time period is generally considered unreliable.

  6. List of Atlantic hurricane records - Wikipedia

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    The 10 costliest Atlantic hurricanes as of January 2023.. As of November 2024, there have been 1,745 tropical cyclones of at least tropical storm intensity, 971 at hurricane intensity, and 338 at major hurricane intensity within the Atlantic Ocean since 1851, the first Atlantic hurricane season to be included in the official Atlantic tropical cyclone record. [1]

  7. Kentucky windstorm: Where were the highest wind speeds ... - AOL

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    Lexington had one of the highest recorded wind speeds from Friday’s historic storm. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...

  8. Hurricane Ian by the numbers: Wind gust of 140 mph recorded ...

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    That 155 mile per hour gust was the strongest NWS recorded Wednesday. Gusts in Cape Coral reached 140 miles per hour, Carlisle said. ... the highest wind speed measured there.

  9. Meteorological history of Hurricane Patricia - Wikipedia

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    [43] [44] The most powerful wind gust produced by a tropical cyclone, as well as the highest non-tornadic winds ever recorded, is still retained by Cyclone Olivia in 1996: 253 mph (407 km/h) was observed on Barrow Island, Western Australia. [45] The magnitude of Patricia's rapid intensification is among the fastest ever observed.