* 1934 – The strongest surface wind gust in the world at 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire.

The city is often subject to windy weather ; the strongest wind is the mistral.

In the picture, the wind, whether it is a breeze or a cyclone, invariably seems a sham, and Lillian Gish, the stellar light in this new film, frequently poses where the wind is strongest ; during one of the early episodes she does her bit to accentuate the artificiality of this tale by wearing the worst kind of hat for a wind.

Rhesus was their king and Dolon described Rhesus ’ horses in this manner ; " His horses are the finest and strongest that I have ever seen, they are whiter than snow and fleeter than any wind that blows ".

In the Languedoc area, where the tramontane is the strongest wind, the mistral and the tramontane blow together onto the Gulf of Lion and the northwest of the western Mediterranean, and can be felt to the east of the Balearic Islands, in Sardinia, and sometimes as far as the coast of Africa.

A NOAA Hurricane Hunter Reconnaissance Aircraft flying into the hurricane launched a dropsonde which measured an instantaneous wind speed of, the strongest instantaneous wind speed recorded in an Atlantic hurricane.

Camille strengthened further over the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall with a pressure of 905 mbar ( hPa ), estimated sustained winds of 190 mph ( 305 km / h ), and a peak official storm surge of ; by maximum sustained wind speeds, Camille was one of the strongest landfalling tropical cyclones recorded worldwide, and one of only four tropical cyclones worldwide ever to officially achieve wind speeds of.

Typically, Santa Anas are strongest in canyons whereas a Diablo wind is first noted and blows strongest atop the various mountain peaks and ridges around the Bay Area.

The Blue Hill Observatory registered sustained winds of 121 mph ( 195 km / h ) and a peak gust of 186 mph ( 299 km / h ), which is the strongest hurricane-related surface wind gust ever recorded in the United States of America.

The seasonal monsoon wind shift and weather associated with the heating and cooling of the Tibetan plateau is the strongest such monsoon on Earth.

The urban concentration surrounding Halifax Harbour bore the brunt of the highest sustained winds and strongest wind gusts during the storm ; some unofficial estimates have placed gusts as high as 145 mph ( 230 km / h ).

When the storm collapses and begins to release precipitation, wind directions reverse, gusting outward from the storm and generally gusting the strongest in the direction of the storm's travel.

Though its closest approach to the Lesser Antilles was within 12 miles ( 19 km ), the strongest winds remained to its northeast due to strong wind shear, which caused Klaus to steadily weaken.

Thousands of acres of corn and soybean crops were flattened causing $ 60 million in damage ( 1991 dollars ). The strongest wind gust — 103 mph ( 170 km / h ) -- was recorded at Sioux Center, Iowa.

The months of November and December have the strongest wind velocities throughout the year.

This unverified reading was the strongest wind measurement ever reported for an Atlantic hurricane up until that time.

The site at Indianapolis International Airport ( KIND ) observed the strongest wind gusts associated with the heat burst.

On April 2, 1973, the second strongest surface wind gust ever recorded in the United States of America was measured by University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers on the summit.

The strongest recorded tornado in the country struck Portsmouth on December 14, 1810 with a T8 ( F4 ) rating and a top wind speed of 213 to 240 mph.

The strongest recorded earthquakes in the region occurred on 5 April 1959, with its epicentre at Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye and a recorded intensity of 6. 5 at Barcelonnette, and on 17 February 1947, with its epicentre at Prazzo over the Italian border.

Major ENSO events were recorded in the years 1790 – 93, 1828, 1876 – 78, 1891, 1925 – 26, 1972 – 73, 1982 – 83, 1997 – 98 and 2009 – 2010, with 1997-1998 being one of the strongest ever.

In 2007, on 22 and 23 June, numerous tornadoes touched down, the largest of which was an F5 Tornado that devastated parts of Elie ( the strongest officially recorded tornado in Canada ).

In 2004 Cyclone Gafilo became the strongest cyclone ever recorded to hit Madagascar.

Also in 1999, Hurricane Lenny became the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded in the month of November.

* 1988 – Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 ( based on barometric pressure ).

But the strongest part of their defense was their secondary, led by All-AFL safeties Johnny Robinson and Bobby Hunt, who each recorded 10 interceptions, and defensive back Fred Williamson, who recorded 4.

* On December 26, 2004, one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history hits Southeast Asia, when the strongest earthquake in 40 years hits the entire Indian Ocean region.

** The region of Wairarapa, New Zealand is hit by the strongest earthquake ever recorded in New Zealand ( Magnitude 8. 1 on the Richter Scale ); there are five deaths.

The strongest effect on Jacksonville was from Hurricane Dora in 1964, the only recorded storm to hit the First Coast with sustained hurricane force winds.

Although lower on the moment magnitude scale than the quake of September 2010, the intensity and violence of the ground shaking was measured to be VIII on the MMI and among the strongest ever recorded globally in an urban area due to the shallowness and proximity of the epicentre.

On November 5, 2011 a series of earthquakes struck near Prague, the first one a magnitude 4. 7 at 2: 15 AM CST, followed by a series of aftershocks, and then a second quake of magnitude 5. 6 at 10: 53 PM CST, the strongest recorded in Oklahoma history.

It was the strongest tornado ever recorded in Pennsylvania.

In 1959 many lives were lost as parts of Mie were devastated by the Ise-wan Typhoon, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history.

The strongest sonic boom ever recorded was 7, 000 Pa ( 144 pounds per square foot ) and it did not cause injury to the researchers who were exposed to it.

" The Spin Alternative Record Guide ( 1995 ) noted " a creative musical blend " on the album, but concluded that " the results feel like dress rehearsals for Gentlemen, with one partial exception, ' Conjure Me ,' and one absolute triumph: a surging final track ... that might be the Afghan Whigs ' strongest recorded performance.

On 11 March 2011, Japan suffered the strongest recorded earthquake in its history, affecting places in the northeast of Honshū, including the Tokyo area.

However, the dalliances with Bach on Windows and the pleasure of collaborating with Schoener resulted in perhaps Lord's most confident solo work and perhaps his strongest orchestral album, Sarabande, recorded in Germany in September 1975 with the Philharmonia Hungarica conducted by Schoener.

Chessmetrics calculates that Emanuel Lasker became the world's strongest player in mid-1890, and that he was in the top ten from the very beginning of his recorded career in 1889.

On 23 January 1855 the region was hit by the strongest earthquake recorded in New Zealand, which reached Magnitude 8. 2 on the Richter Scale.

Their strongest season was in 1956 when the Roughriders recorded a 10-6 record and won their first playoff series since 1951, only to lose to the Eskimos in the Western Finals.

Rand is an even stronger Ta ' veren than Artur Hawkwing ( widely regarded as the strongest Ta ' veren in recorded history ) and signs of this manifest wherever he stays-freakish deaths and laughably improbable accidents are common around wherever he happens to be, but are always balanced by unexpected good fortune of equal magnitude.