What is the fastest wind speed ever recorded in the UK?

Storm Eunice is battering the UK with excessive wind speeds (Image: Jacob King/PA Wire)

You'll have observed it has been a bit breezy these days, because the highly effective winds of Storm Eunice hit the UK.

The Met Workplace issued a uncommon crimson climate warning forward of the gale-force winds, because the gusts of Storm Eunice had been forecasted to attain speeds of 100mph.

Wind speeds for Eunice have managed to exceed expectations at 120mph within the Isle of Wight, inflicting destruction throughout the nation, together with tearing the roof of London’s O2 Area and toppling church spires in Somerset.

However how do the wind speeds of Storm Eunice evaluate to earlier data?

What's the quickest wind velocity ever recorded within the UK?

The strongest and quickest wind speeds ever recorded have been on mountains, with the official report being a whopping , in accordance with the Met Workplace.

The mindboggling velocity was recorded on the Cairn Gorm summit in Scotland on March 20, 1986.

The MET workplace has issued a crimson climate warning for Storm Eunice (Image: Paul Blackley/Solent Information)

The quickest low-level wind velocity ever recorded was additionally in Scotland.

On February 13, 1989, wind speeds acquired as excessive as 142mph within the city of Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire.

Different earlier important wind speeds recorded at low ranges throughout the UK embrace:

• 124mph on January 12 1974 at Kilkeel in County Down, Northern Eire
• 124mph on October 1989 at Rhoose (Vale of Glamorgan), Wales
• 118mph on December 15 1979 at Gwennap Head, Cornwall, England

The 122mph recorded within the Isle of Wight on Friday, February 18 throughout Storm Eunice set a brand new report for wind speeds in England.

🌬️ Robust winds are passing alongside southern coasts of the UK via Saturday, although it is a step down on the strengths seen all through #StormEunice

⚠️ A Yellow Climate Warning for wind is in power as this will hamper some restoration efforts pic.twitter.com/0dDX9puPhk

— Met Workplace (@metoffice) February 19, 2022

Shetland holds the unofficial UK report for wind velocity. A gust of 197mph was reported through the New Years Day storm on January 1, 1992.

Nonetheless, the measuring tools was destroyed by the acute climate which is why it is named the unofficial report.

A wind gust of 194mph was additionally reported at Cairn Gorm on December 19, 2008, however was found too late to be verified by the Met Workplace.

A spokesperson on the time advised The Day by day Telegraph: ‘194mph is extremely excessive, however as a result of there aren't any data we can not confirm it and subsequently the earlier report nonetheless stands.’

She added: ‘We're not saying it's not true. There may be funnelling results and wind velocity can rely upon issues like how uncovered the realm is.’