Highest Gust (knots) observed on 20th August 1989 at 03xxx stations (100 reports).
Top 10
Cairngorm @ 21:00:00 (1090 m)73 kn
Great Dun Fell @ 17:12:00 (847 m)61 kn
Edinburgh, Blackford Hill @ 13:18:00 (134 m)56 kn
Lowther Hill @ 16:24:00 (754 m)50 kn
Orlock Head @ 18:48:00 (35 m)43 kn
Charterhall @ 12:42:00 (112 m)42 kn
Salsburgh @ 13:54:00 (277 m)42 kn
Turnhouse @ 14:00:00 (35 m)41 kn
Machrihanish @ 15:18:00 (10 m)41 kn
Whithorn @ 16:18:00 (40 m)41 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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