Wind Speed by Anemometer
Wind speed is usually measured by an anemometer, using the Beaufort wind force scale which is a scale of 0-12. Details of the physical conditions by which the modern Beaufort scale is determined can be found at the website link below.
Specific wind speeds are used to define cyclones and hurricanes, and may be measured in knots (nautical mile/hour), miles per hour or kilometers/ hour.
Wind Energy Generation
If measuring wind speed for wind turbines, it is necessary to use a wind logger, which is a recording device used to anticipate the speed and duration of winds. The logger should meet the following criteria:
To find out how much time a wind turbine will be producing power, look into how many hours of good wind a site has. There are charts comparing energy availability using the typical mean average method, and counting the number of hours at different wind speeds.
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The highest wind speed ever recorded in the Bahamas was 183 mph during Hurricane Dorian in 2019.
The fastest wind speed recorded in Newfoundland was 180 km/h (112 mph) during a hurricane in September 2010.
during hurricane hazel in october of 1954 I believe the wind speed atop the empire state building recorded a wind gust to 124mph?
Hurricane Sandy has peak sustained wind of 110 mph.
The fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth was 302 mph. It was measured in an F5 tornado in the Oklahoma City area on May 3, 1999.
The highest recorded wind speed in New Jersey was 115 mph during Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
The highest wind speed ever recorded in the Bahamas was 183 mph during Hurricane Dorian in 2019.
A wind speed of 130 km/h (or 81 mph) was recorded of a sandstorm in Iran. It is thought that it might be a record sandstorm wind speed.
The fastest wind speed recorded in Newfoundland was 180 km/h (112 mph) during a hurricane in September 2010.
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 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.
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.
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during hurricane hazel in october of 1954 I believe the wind speed atop the empire state building recorded a wind gust to 124mph?