I have just read that the windspeed reached 176mph on the summit of Cairngorm in Scotland last Friday, what is the fastest recorded windspeed and where??
2007-01-16 03:04:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Weather records take a while to become established as they need to be verified. If 176mph is verified then this will be a new land based UK record. The current record is 173mph on the summit of Cairn Gorm on 20th March 1986. The highest wind speed at low level is 142mph at Fraserburgh, Scotland on 13th February 1989.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/location/scotland/index.html
The highest windpseed ever recorded on land was the 318mph recorded during a tornado that struck Oklahoma City on May 3rd 1999. This speed was measured by dopler radar so a margin of 10mph either way should be applied.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tornado/wtwur318.htm
The highest gust ever recorded on land was 231mph on Mount Washington on 12th April 1934.
http://www.mountwashington.org/about/visitor/recordwind.php
The highest windspeeds worldwide occur in the jet stream and regularly exceed 250mph. The fastest ever recorded is 408mph over South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland on 13th December 1967.
http://www.angelfire.com/la2/slw/weatherextremes.html
2007-01-16 12:35:30 · answer #1 · answered by Trevor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the current record holder for fastest land wind speed is Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, with an observed speed of 231 mph. This was by no means a sustained wind, but in fact a gust (a brief burst of higher wind speed).
http://www.mountwashington.org/about/visitor/recordwind.php
This site covers the weather event that created the record wind speed.
2007-01-16 03:14:17 · answer #2 · answered by mjw291 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fastest windspeeds recorded are approx. 300 mph on the right-hand side (where it is both rotating forward and moving forward) of an F5 (the highest rating on the Fujita scale) tornado.
2007-01-16 03:11:03 · answer #3 · answered by Stephen L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Highest Wind Speed Uk
2016-12-12 07:15:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the fastest wind speed ever recorded was in a F5 tornado on May 3 1999. Dr Joshua Worman and his doppler on wheels crew recorded a top wind speed of 318mph just above ground level.
2007-01-16 04:16:13 · answer #5 · answered by Kevin B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
231 MPH Mount Washington Observatory
Scrap that...318, Moore, Oklahoma.
2007-01-16 03:09:44 · answer #6 · answered by Steve H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wind is the end results of differing air rigidity between factors, with the wind tending to blow from factors of better rigidity in direction of factors of decrease rigidity, with the intention to aim to realize rigidity stability. generally, the bigger the version in air rigidity over a distance, the better the wind.
2016-10-31 06:27:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
231 washington
2007-01-16 04:25:29 · answer #8 · answered by dream theatre 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Last weekend, curried sprouts and re-fried beans, 345mph from my undercrackers the next morning!
Parp!
2007-01-16 03:15:55 · answer #9 · answered by Emma L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
600kph, Jupiter.
2007-01-16 03:14:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋