Highest Gust (knots) observed on 12th May 1978 at 03xxx stations (105 reports).
Top 10
Orlock Head @ 20:48:00 (35 m)49 kn
Lowther Hill @ 00:54:00 (754 m)46 kn
Spurn Point @ (6 m)45 kn
Great Dun Fell @ 22:48:00 (847 m)42 kn
Cairngorm @ 15:42:00 (1090 m)41 kn
Edinburgh, Blackford Hill @ 18:00:00 (134 m)40 kn
Dover No 2 @ 04:24:00 (6 m)39 kn
Moor House @ 01:00:00 (556 m)39 kn
Gwennap Head @ 18:48:00 (66 m)39 kn
Gatwick @ 03:12:00 (59 m)38 kn


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*MIDAS UK data available from 1949
*SYNOP data available from 2000

Data courtesy of MetOffice and OGIMET
OpenMIDAS Data - Met Office (2021): MIDAS Open: UK daily temperature data, v202107. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, 08 September 2021.

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