Personal weather station on St. Barts recorded 199mph wind gust during Irma
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 1/31/2018, 9:19 pm
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/199-mph-wind-gust-irma-personal-weather-station-record

It's not surprising given the storm had 185mph sustained winds, but it's obviously very rare to have an instrument measure these kinds of winds. It's not an official reading. Jeff Masters talks about the instrument and where it was located in the blog post.
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Personal weather station on St. Barts recorded 199mph wind gust during Irma - Chris in Tampa, 1/31/2018, 10:19 pm
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