1 March 2025 | Royal Meteorological Society, 2025 Vol 99, No. 9.
On 1 November 2024, the 10min average wind speed at Rauma Kylmapihlaja, Finland, reached 33.5 m/s and was the highest wind speed ever recorded in the country, excluding mountain stations. According to the Finish Meteorological Institute, it was the first occasion when the 10min average wind speed reached Level 12 on the Beaufort scale, indicating hurricane-force winds (≥32.7m/s).
The highest wind gust, 39.6m/s surpassed the previous 2019 record of 32.5 m/s
31 July 2024
Typhoon Gaemi
July 29th, 2024. Multiple locations in Kaohsiung City County, Taiwan received over 1300mm rainfall in 24 hours during Typhoon Gaemi with event totals of around 1900mm over 3 days.
3 July 2024
Earliest Major Hurricane on Record
July 3rd, 2024. Hurricane Beryl became the earliest category 5 system on record in the Atlantic, and only the second to occur in July, after Emily in 2005. It was also the earliest hurricane development so far east, at 49.3 degrees west, and is in the top 6 considering intensification time with 42 hours from tropical storm to maximum strength. It is the only 1 of those 6 to occur outside the month of September.
2 February 2024
New Wind Speed Records In Norway and Sweden
February 2nd, 2024. Storm Ingunn. Provisional new records set for sustained winds in Norway and Sweden on February 1st. In Norway, 54m/s (121.6 mph) was recorded at Kvaløyfjellet in Sømna. Data sourced by Norsk Climate Centre. In Sweden, a sustained 10 minute wind speed of 51.8m/s was recorded in Stekenjokk. Data sourced from Finnish Meteorological Institute.
