In article ,
Philip Eden writes:
Highest hourly means and gusts (in knots) we
Shoreham-by-Sea 74/98
Langdon Bay 56/94
Telecom Tower 54/94
Sheerness 63/93
Ashford 38/92
Herstmonceux 60/90
Thorney Island 59/90
Shoeburyness 56/87
Gatwick 34/86
Manston 58/86
Portland 55/86
Jersey apt 55/85

It's interesting that stations well inland (Ashford and Gatwick) had
much lower mean speeds but that the peak gusts were very similar to
those at coastal stations.
--
John Hall "George the Third
Ought never to have occurred.
One can only wonder
At so grotesque a blunder." E.C.Bentley (1875-1956)