.... measured of course:

I'm grateful to Julian Heming for letting me know of this:-

Date: 10th April 1996
Barrow Island, Australia
113.2 m/s: 253 mph: 220 kn.

[ replaces the Mount Washington value of 103 m/s: 231 mph: 201 kn 12th
April 1934: this station is of course considerably higher than Barrow
Island, somewhere around altitude 1900 m / 6000 ft asl.]

More he-

http://wmo.asu.edu/world-maximum-surface-wind-gust

and a useful listing of all 'official/accepted' extremes he-

http://wmo.asu.edu/#global

.... needless to say, Mount Washington are a little less impressed :-)

http://observatory.mountwashington.o...ld_record_wind


Martin.

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Martin Rowley
West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023