Highest Gust (knots) observed on 23rd October 1983 at 03xxx stations (56 reports).
Top 10
Cairngorm @ 02:12:00 (1090 m)83 kn
Lerwick @ 04:12:00 (82 m)65 kn
Fair Isle @ 17:00:00 (57 m)59 kn
Sumburgh @ 14:48:00 (7 m)55 kn
Sella Ness @ 03:18:00 (7 m)55 kn
Stornoway Airport @ 22:24:00 (15 m)54 kn
Edinburgh, Blackford Hill @ 07:24:00 (134 m)51 kn
Dalcross @ 01:06:00 (11 m)50 kn
Kirkwall @ 15:18:00 (26 m)49 kn
Benbecula Airport @ 00:24:00 (6 m)49 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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