A very windy night but as the dark turned to light it got positively
stormy with frequent gusts greater than 60 mph. These alone are stronger
than anything I have recorded before.

Then at 07:30 there was a gust to 74 mph which brought down the ancient,
massive oak tree near to my house. Such a shame and it went before its
time, still mostly in leaf which probably helped its demise. The local
council can tear up that preservation order now.

My olive tree was partly defoliated and damaged and that is normally as
tough as old, rusty nails with regards to withstanding any strong winds.

Interesting that the strong winds seem to have been very localised with
other nearby weather stations only recording gusts up to 45 mph. With so
many trees and branches down in this small part of the Otter Valley,
everywhere else seems to have survived without any damage.

My previous highest gust was 58 mph on the 10th March 2008.

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Nick Gardner
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalleyweather.me.uk

On Thursday, 29 November 2018 19:28:06 UTC, Nick Gardner wrote:
A very windy night but as the dark turned to light it got positively
stormy with frequent gusts greater than 60 mph. These alone are stronger
than anything I have recorded before.

Then at 07:30 there was a gust to 74 mph which brought down the ancient,
massive oak tree near to my house. Such a shame and it went before its
time, still mostly in leaf which probably helped its demise. The local
council can tear up that preservation order now.

My olive tree was partly defoliated and damaged and that is normally as
tough as old, rusty nails with regards to withstanding any strong winds.

Interesting that the strong winds seem to have been very localised with
other nearby weather stations only recording gusts up to 45 mph. With so
many trees and branches down in this small part of the Otter Valley,
everywhere else seems to have survived without any damage.

My previous highest gust was 58 mph on the 10th March 2008.

--
Nick Gardner
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalleyweather.me.uk

Wow, Nick, that IS exceptional. Nothing like that here - highest 10 min in the past few days is 33KT (one knot short of a gale)with a 49KT gust(56mph)
Ken
Copley
Teesdale

Ken Cook wrote:

On Thursday, 29 November 2018 19:28:06 UTC, Nick Gardner wrote:
A very windy night but as the dark turned to light it got
positively stormy with frequent gusts greater than 60 mph. These
alone are stronger than anything I have recorded before.

Then at 07:30 there was a gust to 74 mph which brought down the
ancient, massive oak tree near to my house. Such a shame and it
went before its time, still mostly in leaf which probably helped
its demise. The local council can tear up that preservation order
now.

My olive tree was partly defoliated and damaged and that is
normally as tough as old, rusty nails with regards to withstanding
any strong winds.

Interesting that the strong winds seem to have been very localised
with other nearby weather stations only recording gusts up to 45
mph. With so many trees and branches down in this small part of the
Otter Valley, everywhere else seems to have survived without any
damage.

My previous highest gust was 58 mph on the 10th March 2008.

--
Nick Gardner
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalleyweather.me.uk

Wow, Nick, that IS exceptional. Nothing like that here - highest 10
min in the past few days is 33KT (one knot short of a gale)with a
49KT gust(56mph) Ken Copley
Teesdale

Very similar in Tideswell, Ken. Highest 10-min mean is 29 knots with a
max gust of 46 knots. The wind was from the south, our most exposed
direction.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
twitter: @TideswellWeathr