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in the London area. Storm Eleanor - Maimum wind gusts (mph) Site Name Area Max gust (mph) Great Dun Fell Cumbria 100 Orlock Head County Down 90 Needles Old Battery Isle of Wight 89 Isle of Portland Dorset 84 Northolt London 72 The storm brought widespread transport disruption and power cuts with some fallen

to the strong winds.   Storm Ewan - Maximum gust speeds (mph) Site name Area Max gust (mph) Capel Curig Conwy 75 Lerwick Shetland 66 Needles Isle of Wight 64 Lake Vyrnwy Powys 64 Malin Head Co. Donegal 58    

, Port Ellen Argyll 76 Needles Old Battery Isle of Wight 74 Aberdaron Gwynedd 70 St Mary's Airport Isles of Scilly 69 There were reports of fallen trees across Northern Ireland, fallen trees in the south-west of England and some travel disruption. Snow and ice caused some travel disruption over

(mph) Guernsey Channel Islands 84 Langdon Bay Kent 81 Jersey Channel Islands 71 Berry Head Devon 71 Needles Isle of Wight 71 Satellite imagery of Storm Angus The video below shows 48 hours of continuous satellite imagery as Storm Angus moved across the UK.  

was recorded at Valley (Anglesey). Lowest pressure over England was 957.1 hPa at Shobdon Airfield (Herefordshire) at 1300 UTC. This was the lowest pressure over England since 30 October 2000, when 951.2 hPa was recorded at Fylingdales (North Yorkshire). Station (height in metres) Needles Old Battery (Isle

and infrastructure. Some flights, ferry and rail services were also affected by the strong winds. In the Republic of Ireland 2500 people were left without power.    Site name Area Max gust (mph) Capel Curig Wales 86 Mace Head Ireland 76 Killowen Northern Ireland 76 Scilly England 76 Belmullet Ireland 72 Needles England 72 Southampton England 69 Mumbles Wales 67 Berry Head England 66 Crosby England 64

after a period of record-breaking warmth at the end of February.    Storm Freya maximum wind gusts (mph) Site Name Area Max gust (mph) Mumbles Swansea 76 Capel Curig Conwy 74 Pembrey Carmarthenshire 70 Scilly Isles of Scilly 68 Needles Isle of Wight 68 Chivenor Devon 68 Storm Freya Impacts: No amber

and cancellation to train services and flights throughout the day.   Storm Doris - maximum gust speeds (mph) Site Name Area Max Gust (mph) Capel Curig Snowdonia 94 High Bradfield South Yorkshire 87 Lake Vyrnwy Powys 83 Valley Snowdonia 82 Needles Isle of Wight 82 Aberdaron Snowdonia 82 Weybourne Norfolk 81

Severn Bridge was closed for a time. Numerous recreational events on Saturday across England, Wales and Ireland were cancelled due to strong winds. Site Name Area Max Gust (mph) Aberdaron Wales 82 Pembrey Sands Wales 78 Capel Curig Wales 78 Mumbles Head Wales 77 Aberporth Wales 74 Mildford Haven Wales 73 Needles England 66 Avonmouth England 60 Valley Wales 60

Strong winds November 2019 An area of low pressure brought some very strong winds to south Wales and the south coast of England on Saturday 2 November. Winds gusted at 60 to 70 Kt (69 to 81 mph) in exposed coastal locations. Gusts of 95 Kt (109 mph) were recorded at Needles Old Battery, Isle