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It remains one of the top five most severe windstorms across Europe during the 20th century. [26] [27] October Gales 24–26 October 1945 Gales in October 1945 killed two and washed up many mines along the south coast of England with winds over 90 mph (140 km/h). [28] [29] North Sea storm disturbance 8 January 1949 [30] North Sea Flood of 1953
26 January 1884 Ochtertyre, Perthshire 925.6 Alternative: 6–7 January 1839, Sumburgh Head, Shetland during the Night of the big wind storm 27.25 inches of mercury (922.8 hPa), (value from non-standardised equipment). [15] February 4 February 1951 Midleton, Co. Cork 942.3 UK value: 9 February 1988, Benbecula 944.0 hPa. [72] March 9 March 1876
European windstorms are powerful extratropical cyclones which form as cyclonic windstorms associated with areas of low atmospheric pressure. They can occur throughout the year, but are most frequent between October and March, with peak intensity in the winter months. [ 1 ]
In Europe: 600 or more deaths (Grand Harbour Tornado); Valletta, Malta, 23 September 1551 or 1556 (sources conflict). [ 318 ] In South America: 63 deaths, San Justo , Santa Fe , Argentina, 10 January 1973.
Pages in category "European windstorms" ... Weather system naming in Europe; 0–9. 1872 Baltic Sea flood; 1928 Thames flood; 1968 Scotland storm; 1979 Fastnet Race;
The granite memorial in Eyemouth, depicting a broken sailing mast The paired grave of members of the Stevenson family from Newhaven, drowned in the Eyemouth disaster and washed up the following spring, Rosebank Cemetery in Edinburgh
The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute predicted that by the year 2100, global warming would increase greatly the threat of hurricane-force winds to western Europe from former tropical cyclones and hybrid storms, the latter similar to Hurricane Sandy in 2012, in a paper published in April 2013. [6]
The Night of the Big Wind (Irish: Oíche na Gaoithe Móire) was a powerful European windstorm that swept across what was then the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beginning on the afternoon of 6 January 1839, causing severe damage to property and several hundred deaths. 20 to 25% of houses in north Dublin were damaged or destroyed, and 42 ships were wrecked. [1]