96MPH recorded in Feb 2009.
North America does not have record of their highest wind speed available to the public. However, the highest wind speed ever recorded anywhere was during Tropical Storm Olivia in Australia. Top speeds reached 203 miles per hour.
The highest ground level wind speed recorded in the US was in New Hampshire, on Mount Washington. The wind speed reached 231 miles per hour on April 12, 1934.
The highest sustained wind speed recorded in a tropical cyclone was 190 mph, which was measured in several storms including Hurricane Camille and Typhoon Tip. The highest gust recorded in a tropical cyclone was 253 mph on April 10, 1996 on Barrow Island off the coast of Australia.
The highest wind speed recorded during Hurricane Rita was 180 mph (290 km/h).
The largest tornado ever recorded was the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado of May 31, 2013. This tornado was 2.6 miles wide. Doppler radar measured a wind gust in the tornado at 296 mph, the second highest wind speed ever recorded in a tornado.
The highest wind speed ever recorded in the Bahamas was 183 mph during Hurricane Dorian in 2019.
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North America does not have record of their highest wind speed available to the public. However, the highest wind speed ever recorded anywhere was during Tropical Storm Olivia in Australia. Top speeds reached 203 miles per hour.
No. A tornado has the highest recorded wind speed. In excess of 300 mph.
The highest ground level wind speed recorded in the US was in New Hampshire, on Mount Washington. The wind speed reached 231 miles per hour on April 12, 1934.
The highest sustained wind speed recorded in a tropical cyclone was 190 mph, which was measured in several storms including Hurricane Camille and Typhoon Tip. The highest gust recorded in a tropical cyclone was 253 mph on April 10, 1996 on Barrow Island off the coast of Australia.
The fastest wind speed ever recorded anywhere was 302 mph (486 km/h) in an F5 tornado as it tore through Bridge Creek, Oklahoma on May 3, 1999. The measurement was obtained with Doppler radar, so it technically was not a direct measurement. The fastest directly recorded wind speed was a gust to 253 mph (408 km/h) recorded on Barrow Island, Australia on April 10, 1996.
238 mph in 1948. A rogue tornado hit just south of Providence.
The highest wind speed recorded during Hurricane Rita was 180 mph (290 km/h).
during hurricane hazel in october of 1954 I believe the wind speed atop the empire state building recorded a wind gust to 124mph?
The largest tornado ever recorded was the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado of May 31, 2013. This tornado was 2.6 miles wide. Doppler radar measured a wind gust in the tornado at 296 mph, the second highest wind speed ever recorded in a tornado.