Storm Ophelia brought the highest gusts ever recorded to parts of Co Cork, according to
Met Éireann.
A wind speed of 84 knots (155.6 km/h) was registered at Roches Point during Storm Ophelia which hit the country on October 16th.
The weather station, which has been operating on the site since 1940, also recorded the highest 10 minute mean wind speed of 62 knots (114.8 km/h) on the same day.
Storm Ophelia was one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall in
Ireland. It killed three people and left almost 300,000 homes without electicity.
The highest wind speed during Storm Ophelia was recorded offshore at Fastnet Lighthouse which registered a wind speed of 191 km/h. Sherkin Island in Cork recorded a wind speed of 135 km/h.
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