Wednesday, June 4, 2008

The Cape Breton Windstorm: Oct 20, 1974

Hourly Data: "Hourly Data Report for October 20, 1974"

This is the strangest day weatherwise ever in Cape Breton. Major wind storm without warning.

Wind speed sustained winds 90 km /hr with the highest gust ever recorded 138km /hr.

Check out the temperature at the lunch hour: Jumped 6 degrees from 11am to 12noon .

Look at the barometric pressure at 2pm. That was one deep low!

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