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Highest wind speed Dublin airport

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  • 22-02-2016 3:24pm
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    sparrowcar
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    Hi all,

    Trying to find the highest wind gust on record for Dublin airport?
    I was working on the New Years day storm in 2005 when an Aer Lingus A330 was blown under the wing of another on stand. The highest gust that day was 73kts. Is that the highest would anyone know?

    Thanks in advance


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    JCX BXC
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    73kts seems a bit..... lowish. Maybe it was the highest, certainly wasn't at SNN, although SNN can experience stronger gusts sometimes


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    axe2grind
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    80kts 18 Jan 2007 is highest on record
    see http://www.met.ie/climate/MonthlyWeather/clim-2007-Jan.pdf


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    sparrowcar
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    axe2grind wrote: »
    80kts 18 Jan 2007 is highest on record
    see http://www.met.ie/climate/MonthlyWeather/clim-2007-Jan.pdf

    Perfect thanks.


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    M.T. Cranium
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    Possibly 27 Feb 1903 surpassed these maximum gusts, sorry I have no idea where to find data that far back. Maybe an e-mail to met.ie? There was a legendary windstorm through the midlands towards Dublin on that date probably stronger than 2014's storm Darwin and aimed more towards Dublin. Of course there was no Dublin airport then but if you want an absolute maximum value ...


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    billie1b
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    Think SNN's highest is 87kts


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    sparrowcar
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    M.T. Cranium wrote: »
    Possibly 27 Feb 1903 surpassed these maximum gusts, sorry I have no idea where to find data that far back. Maybe an e-mail to met.ie? There was a legendary windstorm through the midlands towards Dublin on that date probably stronger than 2014's storm Darwin and aimed more towards Dublin. Of course there was no Dublin airport then but if you want an absolute maximum value ...

    Thanks MT, interesting alright. It's for a semi official company document so it's probably better to use actual EIDW records.


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    axe2grind
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    For Shannon it's 93kts "Hurricane Debbie" 16th Sep 1961
    http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/weather-events/Sep1961_hurricane-Debbie.pdf


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    axe2grind
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    And a one page account of the 1903 storm MT refer's to.
    http://www.met.ie/climate-ireland/weather-events/Feb1903_storm.pdf


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    Bsal
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    The metars from EIDW on the 18th January 2007

    180600Z 25031KT 9999 FEW015 BKN050 10/07 Q0975
    NOSIG=
    200701180630 METAR EIDW 180630Z 24028G41KT 9999 FEW015 BKN050 10/06 Q0975
    NOSIG=
    200701180700 METAR EIDW 180700Z 24027G38KT 9999 FEW025 BKN050 09/06 Q0975
    NOSIG=
    200701180730 METAR EIDW 180730Z 24028G39KT 9999 SCT020 BKN050 BKN150 09/05
    Q0976 NOSIG=
    200701180800 METAR EIDW 180800Z 24024G38KT 9999 SCT020 BKN050 09/05 Q0976
    NOSIG=
    200701180830 METAR EIDW 180830Z 25027KT 9999 FEW020 SCT030 BKN050 09/05
    Q0976 NOSIG=
    200701180900 METAR EIDW 180900Z 25034G54KT 9999 FEW018 SCT200 09/03 Q0976
    WS RWY28 NOSIG=
    200701180930 METAR EIDW 180930Z 25039G50KT 9999 -SHRA FEW018 BKN040 09/03
    Q0976 WS RWY28 NOSIG=
    200701181000 METAR EIDW 181000Z 26051G74KT 9999 FEW018CB SCT040 09/01
    Q0976 WS RWY28 NOSIG=
    200701181030 METAR EIDW 181030Z 26048G65KT 9999 FEW018CB SCT040 09/02
    Q0977 NOSIG=
    200701181100 METAR EIDW 181100Z 26043G59KT 9999 FEW018CB SCT040 09/02
    Q0979 NOSIG=
    200701181130 METAR EIDW 181130Z 26047G61KT 9999 FEW018 SCT040 09/03 Q0980
    NOSIG=
    200701181200 METAR EIDW 181200Z 27043G53KT 9999 -SHRA FEW018 BKN038 09/03
    Q0983 NOSIG=
    200701181230 METAR EIDW 181230Z 27036G52KT 9999 FEW018 BKN038 09/03 Q0985
    NOSIG=
    200701181300 METAR EIDW 181300Z 27035G47KT 9999 FEW018 SCT040 08/04 Q0986
    NOSIG=
    200701181330 METAR EIDW 181330Z 27029G39KT 9999 FEW018 SCT040 08/04 Q0988
    NOSIG=


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    JCX BXC
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    This is my favourite:
    200701181000 METAR EIDW 181000Z 26051G74KT 9999 FEW018CB SCT040 09/01
    Q0976 WS RWY28 NOSIG=

    The windshear would not be the main concern :P


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