| Measurement |
Category |
Location |
Date |
| 408 km/h (220 kt, 113.2 m/s, 253 mph) |
Highest Gust |
Barrow Island (Australia) |
10. April 1996 (10:55 UTC; Tropical Cyclone "Olivia") |
| 416 km/h |
Highest Gust |
Mt.Washington (1918 m AMSL; New Hampshire, USA) |
12.April 1934 |
| 372 km/h |
Highest average windspeed
(10-minute-average) |
Mt.Washington (1918 m AMSL; New Hampshire, USA) |
12.April 1934 |
| 333 km/h |
Highest Gust (Low-level site) |
Thule, Greenland |
08.March 1972 |
| 512 km/h (318 mph) |
highest windspeed ever recorded in a tornado.
The measurement was done by a truck-mounted Doppler radar (Doppler on wheels). Although, it has to be mentioned, that, on the one hand,
the windspeed probably was measured a couple of hundred feet above the ground (so not a ground level wind).
On the other hand, precise windspeed-measurements in a Tornado are rare und complicateted. That is why, no one can tell, wheather this was really
the highest windspeed and usually the severity of damage is used to classify tornadoes (as with the Fujita tornado scale). |
Moore-Oklahoma City (Oklahoma, USA) |
03.May 1999 |
| Country |
Measurement |
Category |
Location |
Date |
| Antigua und Barbuda |
193 km/h (104 kt) |
Highest Gust |
|
sometime between
27. August and 11. September 1995
(Hurrican "Luis") |
|
167 km/h (90 kt) |
Highest average windspeed |
|
sometime between
27. August and 11. September 1995
(Hurrican "Luis") |
| Australia |
408 km/h (113.2 m/s, 253 mph, 220 kt) |
Highest Gust |
Barrow Island |
10. April 1996 (10:55 UTC; Tropical Cyclone "Olivia") |
| Austria |
230 km/h |
Highest Gust |
Sonnenblick |
|
| Bahrain |
115 km/h (62 kt) |
Highest Gust |
|
19. November 2000 |
| Belgium |
168 km/h |
Highest Gust |
Beauvechain |
25. January 1990 |
| Botswana |
148 km/h (80 kt) |
Highest Gust |
Sir Seretse Khama Airport |
26. December 1985 |
|
130 km/h (70 kt) |
secondhighest Gust |
Old Gardorone Airport |
28. December 1980 (17:10 Uhr) |
| Canada |
201.1 km/h |
Highest average windspeed (1-hour-average?) |
Cape Hopes Advance (Quaqtaq, Quebec) |
18. November 1931 |
| Cuba |
262 km/h |
Highest Gust |
Havanna |
18. October 1944 |
| Danmark |
193 km/h |
Highest Gust |
Kegnæs Fyr |
31. October 2013 |
|
137 km/h (38.1 m/s) |
Highest average windspeed
(10-minute-average) |
Rømø |
03. December 1999 |
| England |
191 km/h (103 kt) |
Highest Gust (Low-level site) |
Gwennap Head (Cornwall) |
15. December 1979 |
| Estonia |
172.8 km/h (48 m/s) |
Highest Gust |
Ruhnu |
02. November 1969 |
| France |
216 km/h |
Highest Gust |
Plogoff und Granville |
16. October 1987 |
| Hong-Kong |
259 km/h |
Highest Gust |
Hong-Kong Observatory |
01. September 1962 |
| Hong-Kong; Waglan-Island |
234 km/h |
Highest Gust |
Waglan-Island |
16. September 1995 |
| Iceland |
222.5 km/h (61.8 m/s) |
Highest Gust |
Thyrill; Hvalfjordur |
|
|
200.2 km/h (55.6 m/s) |
Highest average windspeed
(10-minute-average) (measured) |
Vestmannayjar |
October 1963 |
| Ireland |
181 km/h (98 kt) |
Highest Gust |
Malin Head, Co. Donegal |
16. September 1961 |
|
131 km/h (71 kt) |
Highest average windspeed
(10-minute-average) |
Foynes, Co. Limerick |
18. January 1945 |
| Jersey |
174 km/h (94 kt) |
Highest Gust |
Jersey Airport |
09. October 1964 |
|
126 km/h (68 kt) |
Highest average windspeed (1-hour-average) |
Jersey Airport |
09. October 1964 |
| Korea (South-) |
229 km/h (63.7 m/s) |
Highest Gust |
Sokcho |
23. October 2006 |
|
184 km/h (51.1 m/s) |
Highest average windspeed |
Gosan |
12. September 2003 |
| Macau |
211 km/h |
Highest Gust |
|
05. September 1964 |
| Malaysia |
150 km/h (41.7 m/s) |
Highest Gust |
Kuching, Sarawak |
15. September 1992 |
| Malta |
133 km/h (72 kt) |
Highest Gust |
Luqa Airport |
11. October 1982 |
| Netherlands |
162 km/h (45 m/s) |
Highest Gust |
Hoek van Holland |
06. November 1921 |
| Netherlands Antilles and Aruba |
182 km/h (50.5 m/s) |
Highest Gust |
Princess Juliana Airport, St. Maarten |
September |
| Northern Ireland |
200 km/h |
Highest Gust |
Kilkeel (County Down) |
11. to 12. January 1974 |
| New Kaledonia |
234 km/h |
Highest Gust |
Pointe de Vavouto (to the south of Voh, 93 m AMSL) |
14. March 2003 (Cyclone Erica) |
|
166 km/h |
Highest average windspeed
(10-minute-average) |
|
|
| New Zealand; North Island |
248 km/h |
Highest Gust |
Hawkins Hill (Wellington) |
6. November 1959 and 4. July 1962 |
| New Zealand; South Island |
250 km/h |
Highest Gust |
Mt. John (Canterbury) |
18. April 1970 |
| Polynesia |
202 km/h (56 m/s) |
Highest Gust |
Rapa (Archipel des Australis) |
03. January 1995 |
|
144 km/h (40 m/s) |
Highest average windspeed |
Hereheretue (Archipel des Tuamotu) |
12. April 1983 |
| Portugal |
> 167 km/h * |
Highest Gust (* highest measured value -> anemometer was destroyed during the storm) |
Porto/S. Pilar |
15. February 1941 |
| La Reunion |
277 km/h |
Highest Gust |
Piton Maido |
22. January 2002 (Cyclone Dina) |
| Scottland |
278 km/h (150 kt) |
Highest Gust |
Cairngorm (Automatic Weather Station on the border of Highland and Moray; 1245 m AMSL) |
20. March 1986 |
|
228 km/h (123 kt) |
Highest Gust (Low-level site) |
Fraserburgh (Aberdeenshire) |
13. February 1989 |
| St. Lucia |
??? |
Highest Gust |
??? |
04. August 1980 (Hurrican Allen) |
| Sweden |
292 km/h (81 m/s) |
Highest Gust |
Tarfala (1150 m) |
20. December 1992 |
|
144 km/h (40 m/s) |
Highest average windspeed (10-minute-average) |
Ölands södra grund |
17. December 1967 |
| Switzerland |
268 km/h |
Highest Gust |
Jungfraujoch (Grand St. Bernard) |
27. February 1990 |
|
190 km/h |
Highest Gust (Low-level site) |
Glarus |
15. July 1985 |
| USA |
416 km/h |
Highest Gust |
Mt.Washington (1918 m AMSL; New Hampshire) |
12. April 1934 |
|
372 km/h |
Highest average windspeed
(10-minute-average) |
Mt.Washington (1918 m AMSL; New Hampshire) |
12. April 1934 |
| Wales |
200 km/h (108 kt) |
Highest Gust |
Rhoose (South Glamorgan) |
28. October 1989 |
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Highest Gust |
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