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Old October 11th 04, 07:48 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default How low does a Hurricane go!
On 09 Oct 2004 00:02:00 GMT, (TudorHgh) wrote:

The 870 mb of Typhoon Tip was, as far as I know, obtained by dropsonde and
occurred over the ocean. I'm not certain what the lowest pressure actually
recorded on a barometer/barograph is. It may well be the 888 mb of Hurricane
Gilbert (1988) in Jamaica.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

Yes, this was a dropsonde measurement. I think the same applies for
the 888 mbar of Gilbert (that was not in Jamaica, but over the
Caribbean Sea).

The lowest actual reading on land by a barometer is probably the Labor
Day Storm (September 1935, Florida Keys). That was 892 mbar.

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