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(October 2017): 85 mph at Needles, Isle of Wight Ex-Hurricane Ophelia (October 2017): 90 mph at Capel Curig, Snowdonia The highest wind gust recorded in the UK in October is 124 mph recorded at Rhoose, South Glamorgan, on 28 October 1989. The highest gust speed recorded in Scotland in October is 106 mph

mph 18 February 2022 Needles Old Battery (Isle of Wight) Scotland 123 knots / 142 mph 13 February 1989 Fraserburgh (Aberdeenshire) Wales 108 knots / 124 mph 28 October 1989 Rhoose (Vale of Glamorgan) The highest gust speed from a high level site is 150 knots (173 mph) at Cairngorm Summit (1,245

, 65mAMSL) 55Kt 63mph on 15th at Wight: Needles Old Battery (Isle Of Wight, 80mAMSL) 77Kt 89mph on 4th at Cairngorm Summit (Inverness-shire, 1237mAMSL) No non-zero values. mAMSL refers to station elevation in metres above mean sea level. *Mountain stations are above 500mAMSL. Monthly maps These maps show

warnings for Storm Eunice on the 18 th of February 2022. The Met Office reported that this was the most severe and damaging storm to affect England and Wales since February 2014, with wind gusts at over 70Kt (81mph) measured in exposed coastal locations and a gust of 106Kt (122mph) recorded at Needles

of 18 February. At a similar time, a wind gust of 122 miles per hour (55 metres per second) was recorded at the Needles, Isle of Wight, provisionally setting a record for the fastest wind gust ever recorded in England. The right-hand image above shows measured surface winds near the centre of Eunice

Fort (Dyfed, 33mAMSL) 50Kt 58mph on 4th at Brizlee Wood (Northumberland, 250mAMSL) also on 5th at Wight: Needles Old Battery (Isle Of Wight, 80mAMSL) 72Kt 83mph on 4th at Cairngorm Summit (Inverness-shire, 1237mAMSL) No non-zero values. mAMSL refers to station elevation in metres above mean sea level

spread across most counties on the 24th with Needles (Wight) seeing gusts to 74 mph. There was a mix of sunshine and showers for most on the 25th and 26th, the showers locally thundery, especially over East Anglia on the 26th, and northern areas had a wet start on the 26th. The 27th was generally cool

in the north and east. A band of rain spread southwards on the 10th, introducing the cold northerly flow with a maximum temperature of only 6.1 °C at Copley (County Durham), and persistent rain affected the far south for a time. It also turned windy with a gust to 60 mph at the Needles (Isle

, 65mAMSL) 55Kt 63mph on 15th at Wight: Needles Old Battery (Isle Of Wight, 80mAMSL) 77Kt 89mph on 4th at Cairngorm Summit (Inverness-shire, 1237mAMSL) No non-zero values. mAMSL refers to station elevation in metres above mean sea level. *Mountain stations are above 500mAMSL. Monthly maps These maps show

(Durham, 253mAMSL) 83.2mm on 15th at Otterham Station (Cornwall, 235mAMSL) 14.0hr on 30th at Hurn (Dorset, 10mAMSL) 70Kt 81mph on 16th at Wight: Needles Old Battery (Isle Of Wight, 80mAMSL) 68Kt 78mph on 27th at Aonach Mor (Inverness-shire, 1130mAMSL) No non-zero values. mAMSL refers to station