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The highest surface wind speed to be measured was recorded at the peak of Mount Washington in New Hampshire was to 231 mph.

The absolute highest wind speed on record was inside an F5 tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma on May 3, 1999. Doppler radar recorded winds to 302 mph at a point about 100 feet off the ground.

An honorable mention for surface wind comes from the devastating EF5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011 where based on damaged engineers estimate surface winds may have briefly reached 250 mph.This does not count to official records, however, as it is an estimate rather than an actual measurement.

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