The following is a List of atmospheric pressure records in Europe and the extratropical Northern Atlantic. (It does not include localised events, such as those that occur in tornados.)
Extreme pressure values in Europe show both seasonal and geographical differentiation. The greatest pressure extremes occur in winter (January), with the deepest lows occurring to the northwest of the continent, and a diminishing influence of low pressure to the southeast towards Central Europe and Southeast Europe. [1] This is related to the main cyclonic centre of the Icelandic Low, and the North Atlantic extratropical storm track, close to which have been observed some of the lowest atmospheric pressures of the Northern Hemisphere outside the tropics. Extreme high values are favoured over the north east of Europe where intense cold and long winter nights lead to radiative cooling of the air column, causing sinking air reinforcing the development of the highest pressures. Other influences include the semi-permanent Azores High and Siberian High. [2]
Land-based records for Europe:
Other high values have been reported:
Pressure is thought to have risen above 1060 hPa in Europe on only 12 occasions between 1871 and 2010, in the years 1893, 1899, 1907, 1915, 1920, 1938, 1944, 1946, 1956, 1972, 1995 and 2008. [12] To this list might also be included high pressure anticyclones in 1954 and 2012 (see above), and 1869. [13] The most notable high in Europe peaked in January 1907. This was an unusual development that brought high pressure to the west, [12] and holds the officially-recognised record across multiple countries from Scandinavia to Central Europe (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary).
Another value reported:
Note: Iceland is a sparsely populated country with a very limited number of weather stations compared to its area. Therefore the vast majority of extreme pressure events will not have been recorded.
Month | Date | Location | pressure (hPa) | ref | Notes |
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January | 3 January 1841 | Reykjavik | 1058.0 | Calibrated to 1058.5 in some publications. [18] | |
February | 14 February 1892 | Akureyri and Stykkishólmur | 1051.8 | [19] | |
March | 6 March 1883 | Vestmannaey settlement | 1051.7 | ||
April | 16 April 1991 | Egilsstaðir | 1050.8 | ||
May | 18 May 1894 | Akureyri | 1045.0 | ||
June | 11 June 2019 | Reykjavík Airport | 1040.6 | [20] [21] | Previously 21 June 1939 Stykkishólmur, 1040.4 hPa. |
July | 3 July 1917 | Stykkishólmur | 1034.3 | ||
August | 31 August 2021 | Önundarhorn | 1036.3 | [22] [23] | An unofficial value, 28 August 1869 Stykkishólmur, 1036.7 hPa |
September | 28 September 1983 | Akureyri | 1038.3 | ||
October | 26 October 2018 | Gjögur Airport | 1045.9 | [24] [25] | Previously 20 October 1885 at Akureyri and 26 October 1919 at Ísafjörður (1919): 1044.5 hPa [26] [24] [27] |
November | 24 November 2005 | Bolungarvík | 1048.0 | ||
December | 16 December 1917 | Stykkishólmur | 1054.2 |
High pressure in Iceland has exceeded 1050 hPa on 5 recorded occasions in the 19th century, 4 recorded occasions in the 20th century and 2 in the 21st century. [16] [ needs update ]
Date | Location | Pressure (hPa) | Notes |
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23 December 1836 | Reykjavík | 1050.9 | |
3 January 1841 | Reykjavík | 1058.0 | |
11 December 1846 | Reykjavík | 1051.7 | 10 December Stykkishólmur 1052.6 hPa. [28] |
6 March 1883 | Stykkishólmur | 1050.7 | |
12 January 1890 | Akureyri | 1051.6 [29] | |
26 February 1890 | Stykkishólmur | 1050.0 | |
14 January 1891 | Westman Isles | 1051.1 [30] | |
14 February 1892 | Akureyri and Stykkishólmur | 1051.8 [19] | |
16 December 1917 | Stykkishólmur | 1054.2 | |
26 February 1962 | Akureyri | 1051.7 | |
17 January 1977 | Galtarviti, Keflavík | 1051.1 | |
14–15 April 1991 | Several stations | 1050 | |
25–26 February 2006 | Several stations | 1050 [17] | |
28 March 2020 | Hjarðarland | 1050.5 [31] [32] | named "Keywan" by FUB. |
Climatic Research Unit Emulate data 1874–2002, also gives values on 10 March 1887 at Stykkishólmur 1052.43 hPa and also 9 January 1977 at the same location 1050.47 hPa. [33] [note 1]
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | ref | Notes |
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January | 3 January 1933 | Westman Isles | 923.9 | [34] | |
February | 4 February 1824 | Reykjavik | 923.8 | [35] | |
March | 4 March 1913 | Reykjavik | 934.6 | [36] | |
April | 11 April 1990 | Bergstöðum in Skagafjörður | 951.0 | [37] | |
May | 13 May 1956 | Stórhöfði | 967.3 | [38] | |
June | 11 June 1983 | Stórhöfði | 959.6 | [39] | 958.0 offshore low. [40] |
July | 22 July 2012 | Westman Isles | 972.4 | [41] | |
August | 27 August 1927 | Hólar in Hornafjörður | 960.9 | [42] | |
September | 13 September 1906 | SW Iceland | ~942 | [43] | *Possible record |
October | 19 October 1963 | Stórhöfði | 938.4 | [44] | |
December | 2 December 1929 | Stórhöfði | 920 |
In July the pressure in Iceland has only dropped below 975 hPa or lower three times over the entire record extending back to the 1820s. These cases were 974.1 hPa in Stykkishólmur on 18 July 1901, 974.3 hPa in Stykkishólmur on 19 July 1923 and 975.0 hPa in Reykjavík 11 July 1912. [45] —to which can be added 22 July 2012, with 972.4 hPa reported on the Westman Isles, becoming the new national record for the month. [46] [47]
A recent low pressure on 30 December 2015 was recorded at Kirkjubaejarklaustur (associated with an area of low pressure known as Eckard/Frank) at 930.2 hPa, the lowest pressure recorded on land in Iceland since 1989. [48]
The Danish Meteorological Institute report record atmospheric pressure for the Faroe Islands (since 1961) as:
Climatic Research Unit Emulate data 1874–2002 give 3 dates when pressure exceeded 1050 hPa in Tórshavn. [50] [note 1]
Date | pressure hPa |
---|---|
8 January 1896 | 1052.64 |
1 February 1902 | 1052.43 |
21 February 1944 | 1050.33 |
Met Éireann list the following national records for atmospheric pressure:
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | Notes |
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January | 28 January 1905 | Valentia, Co. Kerry | 1051.9 | |
February | 7 February 1964 | Kilkenny and Mullingar [3] | 1049.1 | |
March | 29 March 2020 | Malin Head | 1051.2 [54] [55] | *Previously: 13 March 1900, Valentia 1047.1. |
April | 26 April 1948 | Shannon Airport | 1043.4 [53] | |
May | 12 May 2012 | Cork Airport | 1042.4 [53] | An alternate value on 12 May 2012 at Valentia observatory of 1043.0 hPa has also been reported. [56] |
June | 14 June 1959 | Clones, Co Monaghan | 1043.1 | |
July | 1 July 1933 | Malin Head | 1037.9 | |
August | 17 August 1940 | Valentia | 1036.0 [53] | |
September | 10 and 11 September 2009 [57] 24 September 2018 | Malin Head [57] Sherkin Island and Cork Airport [58] | 1041.3 | |
October | 22 October 2018 | Sherkin Island | 1043.8 | *Previously 31 October 1959 Malin Head 1043.0 |
November | 10 November 1999 | Ireland West Airport | 1046.0 [53] | |
December | 24 December 1926 | Malin Head [3] | 1049.5 |
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | Notes |
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January | 26 January 1884 | Markree Castle, Sligo | 936.6 | |
February | 4 February 1951 | Midleton, Co. Cork | 942.3 | |
March | 10 March 2008 | Mace Head, Galway | 950.0 [53] | (named Johanna by FUB) [60] |
April | 1 April 1948 | Malin Head, Co. Donegal | 952.9 | |
May | 10 May 1983 | Belmullet, Co. Mayo | 970.3 | |
June | 8 June 1843 | Phoenix Park, Dublin | 975.3 | |
July | 25 July 1988 | Belmullet, Co. Mayo | 978.0 | |
August | 20 August 2020 | Athenry, Galway | 966.4 [61] [62] | (Storm Ellen) *Previously 14 August 1959 Belmullet, Co. Mayo 967.8 [53] |
September | 21 September 1953 | Claremorris, Co. Mayo | 957.1 | |
October | 28 October 2004 | Valentia | 957.5 | (named Carolin by FUB) [63] |
November | 28 November 1838 | Limerick | 931.2 | |
December | 17 December 1989 | Cork Airport [64] | 942.8 |
1957–2005 [3]
An earlier value on 8 December 1886, Cronkbourne 27.555 inches of mercury (933.1 hPa). [65]
For the United Kingdom, the Met Office record the record figures for atmospheric pressure (which are nominally since 1870) as:
Though the lowest pressure may be second to the Night of the big wind low, which saw a value of 27.25 inches of mercury (923 hPa) at Sumburgh Head, Shetland on non-calibrated, non-standard equipment 6–7 January 1839, with the mainland at Cape Wrath reporting an observed pressure of 27.32 inches of mercury (925 hPa). [15]
On 26 January 1884, during the Ochtertyre storm the Ben Nevis summit weather station recorded a low pressure of 784.7 hPa (at high altitude (above 750 m) and not reduced to sea level) this is proposed as being almost certainly the lowest surface pressure ever recorded in the UK, [66] though due to altitude and not being a value reduced to sea level is not considered comparable to the other records presented here.
A low pressure of 914.0mb affected the UK during the Braer Storm on 10 January 1993, however this figure is discounted as this reading was not recorded in the UK.
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | Alternative and UK only records |
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January | 31 January 1902 | Aberdeen Observatory, Aberdeenshire | 1053.6† | |
February | 1 February 1902 | Aberdeen Observatory, Aberdeenshire | 1052.9 | |
March | 29 March 2020 | South Uist, Outer Hebrides | 1051.2 [68] | Previously 3 March 1990 St Mary's Airport, Isles of Scilly 1047.9 hPa. [69] The value from 9 March 1953 Tynemouth of 1048.6 is thought to be from an erroneous value transcription of 1043.6. [70] [71] |
April | 11 April 1938 | Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire | 1044.5 | |
May | 16 May 1943 | Dublin Airport, Ireland | 1042.2 | UK value: 1881, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Armagh 1042 hPa. [72] |
June | 14 June 1959 | Clones Co. Monaghan | 1043.1 | UK value: 14 June 1959, "Northern Ireland" 1043 hPa (Irish record is within 1 km of UK border). [72] 15 June 1874 Scotland >1040 hPa. [73] |
July | 16 July 1996 | Aboyne, Aberdeenshire | 1039.2 | |
August | 31 August 2021 | Stornoway, Isle of Lewis | 1038.5 [74] [75] | Previously Kirkwall, Orkney 25 August 1968 1037.4. |
September | 11 September 2009 | Ballykelly, Co. Londonderry | 1042.0 | *Previously 19 September 1986 Shawbury, Shropshire 1041.2 hPa. [3] |
October | 31 October 1956 | Dyce, Aberdeenshire | 1045.6 | |
November | 10 November 1999 | Aviemore, Invernessshire | 1046.7 | |
December | 24 December 1926 | Wick, Caithness | 1051.9 |
(† note the value of 1054.7 reported in some literature is an incorrect conversion. [76] )
Date | Location | pressure hPa |
---|---|---|
24 February 1808 | Gordon Castle, Moray Scotland | 1050.0 |
8–9 January 1820 | Kinfauns Castle, Perth Scotland | 1051.7 |
9 January 1896 | Ochtertyre, Perth Scotland | 1053.4 |
31 January 1902 | Aberdeen, Scotland (UK record) | 1053.6 |
28 January 1905 | Falmouth, Cornwall | 1053.1 |
23 January 1907 | Aberdeen, Scotland | 1051.8 |
24 December 1926 | Wick, Scotland | 1051.9 |
26 January 1932 | Stonyhurst, Sheffield and Meltham, West Yorkshire | 1051.0 |
16 January 1957 | Belmullet, Co Mayo Ireland and Benbecula, Scotland | 1050.9 |
19 January 2020 | Mumbles Head, Wales. [77] | 1050.5 |
29 March 2020 | South Uist, Scotland. [68] | 1051.2 |
In the period of instrumental measurement the atmospheric pressure has exceeded 1048 hPa somewhere over the United Kingdom and Ireland on 18 occasions. [3] On 10 of these times, the pressure exceeded 1050 hPa. Intense high pressure is usually seen during midwinter with eight of the 10 occasions where 1050 hPa has been exceeded occurring in January. [3]
Pressure values have been recorded to have exceeded 1050 hPa in all areas of the UK and Ireland except south east England, though values close to this are documented from January 1882 and January 1905. [3] To which high pressure in January 2020 saw a value of 1049.6 at Heathrow Airport measured, which is thought to be likely the highest pressure seen in the region with records back to 1692. [78] [79] [80]
Month | Date | Location | pressure (hPa) | Alternative and UK only records |
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January | 26 January 1884 | Ochtertyre, Perthshire | 925.6 | Alternative: 6–7 January 1839, Sumburgh Head, Shetland during the Night of the big wind storm 27.25 inches of mercury (922.8 hPa), (value from non-standardised equipment). [15] |
February | 4 February 1951 | Midleton, Co. Cork | 942.3 | UK value: 9 February 1988, Benbecula 944.0 hPa. [72] |
March | 9 March 1876 | Wick, Caithness | 946.2 | |
April | 1 April 1948 | Malin Head, Co. Donegal | 952.9 | UK value: 1 April 1948, The Hebrides 953 hPa. [72] |
May | 8 May 1943 | Sealand, Flintshire (listed as Cheshire) | 968.0 | |
June | 28 June 1938 | Lerwick, Shetland | 968.4 | |
July | 8 July 1964 | Sule Skerry, Northern Isles | 967.9 | |
August | 14 August 1954 | Belmullet, Co. Mayo | 967.7 | UK value: 30 August 1992, NE Scotland ~972 hPa. [81] [82] [ better source needed ] |
September | 21 September 1953 | Claremorris, Co. Mayo | 957.1 | UK value: 16–17 September 1935, "Central England" 960 hPa. [72] |
October | 14 October 1891 | Cawdor Castle, Highland (listed as Nairnshire) | 946.8 | **Cyclone Oratia |
November | 11 November 1877 | Monach Lighthouse, Outer Hebrides | 939.7 | The England and Wales record is 953.3 hPa from Plymouth on 2 November 2023 during storm Ciarán, previously 959.7 hPa from 1916. [83] [84] |
December | 8 December 1886 | Belfast, Antrim | 927.2 | On the morning of 8 December 1886, the barometer may have fallen as low as 924 hPa over Northern Ireland, although the lowest authenticated value was 927.2 hPa at Belfast at 1330h, close to the centre of the depression. [85] |
Cyclone Oratia is estimated to have reached a low of 941 hPa in peer-reviewed literature, though the lowest pressure occurred between Aberdeen and Norway over the North Sea and is not a land-based observation. The lowest land-based reported UK pressure during this storm, of 951.2 hPa, was recorded at RAF Fylingdales. [86]
On 7 September 1995, Scilly Isles, reported a low pressure of 966 hPa. [87] The lowest minimum recorded values for the months May to August lie within 0.5 of 968 hPa.
The 20th century low pressure record in the UK occurred on 20 December 1982 at Sule Skerry: it may have dropped as low as 936 hPa. [88]
Based on Burt (2007) [3] and Met Office. [77]
Same as UK national records.
Alt. 8 December 1886, Newton Reigny in Cumbria, 27.556 inches of mercury (933.2 hPa). [65]
Yr.no the joint venture between the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute give the national pressure records as:
(formerly listed as 27 January 1907, Bergen 936 hPa.) [95] [96]
A value of 702.0 mm Hg at Bergen Lungegård Hospital on January 27, 1884 (935.8 hPa) is also reported, [97] [98] which is likely to be from the same low as the UK record from Ochtertyre the previous day. Other sources give a pressure value of 939.8 hPa or 939.7 hPa in Bergen on 27 January 1884. [99] [100] [101]
Both records in same winter as each other and those of Denmark.
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | ref | Notes |
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February | 28 February 2018 | Tynset, Hedmark | 1061.0 | [102] | |
October | 5 October 2016 | Otta | 1054.3 | [103] [104] | *Previously 14 October 1896, Dalen, Telemark, 1044.0 hPa. [105] |
Norway uses a different formula for correction of air pressure to sea level than Sweden. This affects the result for high altitude stations in cold weather. [102]
The Danish Meteorological Institute report record barometric pressure for Denmark (since 1874) as:
Danish records both occurred within a month during the same winter, and same winter as Norwegian records. [108]
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | ref | Notes |
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January | 23 January 1907 | Skagen and Copenhagen | 1062.2 | ||
February | 7 February 2012 | Thyborøn | 1050.3 | [110] | 2012 value exceeds 1961–1990 maximum. |
March | 19 March 2022 | Tirstrup | 1051.6 tbc. | [111] | 12 March 1880, Hammer Odde 1049.4 hPa. [112] |
April | 16 April 1962 | Skagen | 1040.6 | ||
May | 3 May 1990 | Christiansø Lighthouse | 1041.6 | ||
June | 7 June 1962 | Skagen | 1038.8 | ||
July | 16 July 1972 | Christiansø Lighthouse | 1031.9 | ||
August | 18 August 1966 | Christiansø Lighthouse | 1032.8 | ||
September | 29 September 2015 | Østerbro | 1042.2 | [113] [114] | *Previously 18 September 1904, Hammer Odde Lighthouse 1038.8 hPa. (or 29 September 1970, Bornholm Airport 1040.0 hPa) [109] |
October | 5 October 2016 | Skagen | 1045.5 | [115] [116] | *Previously 6 October 1877, Hammer Odde Lighthouse 1044.7 hPa. |
November | 18 November 1985 | Skagen | 1052.4 | ||
December | 24 December 1962 | Fornæs Lighthouse and Værløse Air Base | 1051.6 |
Date | Location | pressure hPa | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
19 March 2022 | |||
7 February 2012 | Thyborøn | 1050.3 | 8 February 2012 North Jutland >1050 hPa. [117] |
18 November 1985 [118] | Thyborøn | 1050.3 | or 1052.5 Skagen. [109] |
1962 | Denmark | 1052 | |
23 January 1907 | Skagen | 1062.2 | |
31 January—1 February 1902 | Skagen and Fanø | 1050 | [119] 1056.1 [120] |
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | ref | Notes |
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January | 14 January 1984 | Skagen | 950.2 | ||
February | 20 February 1907 | Skagen | 943.9 | ||
March | 25 March 1986 | Skrydstrup Airport | 961.4 | 18 March 2007 Skagen 958.6 hPa. [121] | |
April | 21 April 1967 | Skagen | 975.7 | April 1876, 966.0 [122] [123] | |
May | 28 May 1972 | Thyborøn | 985.1 | 6 May 1997 Skagen 981.3 hPa. [124] | |
June | 6 June 1977 | Skagen | 985.1 | ||
July | 30 July 1965 | Skagen | 982.5 | ||
August | 6 August 1985 | Thyborøn | 980.1 | ||
September | 22 September 1990 | Thyborøn | 970.1 | ||
October | 18 October 1967 | Tirstrup | 966.7 | During the passage of the October storm (Lena) | |
November | 6 November 1985 | Aalborg Airport | 953.0 | ||
December | 10 December 1965 | Thyborøn | 955.2 | Cyclone Anatol 3 December 1999 saw a pressure over Denmark of ~951 hPa. [125] |
The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute give the nation's barometric records as:
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | ref | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 23 January 1907 | Kalmar and Visby | 1063.7 | [128] | |
February | 1 February 2012 | Haparanda | 1058.0 | [129] [130] | |
March | 1 March 1971 | Svartbyn-Överkalix | 1055.7 | [131] | |
April | 15 April 1860 | Uppsala | 1047.1 | [132] | |
May | 7 May 1893 | Umeå | 1048.0 | [133] [134] | |
June | 3 June 1979 | Sveg | 1044.8 | [135] | |
July | 28 July 1963 | Sveg and Särna | 1035.6 | [136] | |
August | 25 August 1968 | Riksgränsen | 1038.8 | [137] | |
September | 28 September 2017 | Åsele and Lycksele | 1044.1 | [138] | *Previously 29 September 2015, Hagshult (Småland) 1042.9 hPa. [139] The previous record was from 16 September 1903, Sveg 1042.0 hPa. [140] |
October | 4 October 2016 | Sveg | 1050.7 | [141] [142] | *Previously 14 October 1896, Stockholm 1048.6 hPa. [143] |
November | 18 November 1985 | Malung and Rännberg-Östmark, Värmland. | 1056.0 | [144] | |
December | 15 December 1946 | Sveg | 1059.2 | [145] |
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
January | 30 January 2000 | Krångede, Jämtland | 946.2 | [146] |
February | 27 February 1990 | Understen, Uppland | 940.5 | [147] |
March | 8 March 1920 | Abisko, Lapland | 948.3 | [148] |
April | 6 April 1943 | Gäddede, Jämtland | 960.3 | [149] |
May | 12 May 1898 | Karlstad | 971.3 | [150] |
June | 29 June 1938 | Storlien | 976.2 | [151] |
July | 9 July 1931 | Ulricehamn | 977.1 | [152] [153] |
August | 6 August 1941 | Måseskär | 975.7 | [154] |
September | 29 September 1956 | Klutmark, Västerbotten | 960.9 | [155] |
October | 19 October 1970 | Edsbyn | 954.1 | [156] |
November | 1 November 1921 | Holmögadd, . | 948.3 | [157] |
December | 6 December 1895 | Härnösand | 938.4 | [158] |
According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute:
Though a reported low value by Weather Underground weather historian Christopher Burt on 1 March 1990 at an unknown location is reported at 939.7 hPa. [160] Helsingin Sanomat report a value at Turku Airport on 28 February 1990 of 939.8 hPa, with the previous record reported as being from 16 December 1982 on Moikpää, in the Kvarken at 942.1 hPa. [161]
Maximum pressure in Europe 22–23 January 1907 recorded in Pärnu, Estonia and Riga, Latvia at 1067.1 mbar. [3] The Free University of Berlin state the European air pressure record is 23 January 1907 in Riga at 1068.7 hPa. [4]
As reported by the Estonian Weather Service
‡The Estonian Weather Service report on their website the record maximum observed air pressure in the country as 1060.3 hPa recorded 23 January 1907 in Tallinn. [162] This figure is not supported by NOAA reanalysis charts [164] and the values reported from neighbouring Finland and Latvia probably make this figure an underestimation or error. A possible maximum pressure value for the whole of Europe is thought to have occurred during the 22–23 January 1907 high pressure event with a record set in Pärnu, Estonia and Riga, Latvia at 1067.1 mbar. [3] Though this value is exceeded by the value on 23 January 1907 in Riga reported at 1068.7 hPa by the Free University of Berlin's student generated reports, [4] at which time the pressure is estimated to have reached around 1070 hPa by Yr.no in the Gulf of Riga. [165]
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | ref | Notes |
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January | 22 January 2006 | Kuusiku | 1058.1 | [166] | January 1907 |
February | 1 February 2012 | Narva-Jõesuu | 1053.4 | [167] | |
March | 16 March 2015 | Jõhvi | 1052.7 | [168] | |
April | 2 April 2004 | Kihnu | 1037.9 | [169] | |
May | 6 May 2006 | Kunda | 1039.0 | [170] | |
June | 1 June 2009 | Lääne-Nigula | 1037.5 | [171] | |
July | 2 July 2006 | Võru | 1033.6 | [172] | |
August | 21 August 2015 | Lääne-Nigula | 1032.3 | [173] | |
September | 28 September 2018 | Jõhvi | 1043.9 | [174] | |
October | 31 October 2015 | Võru | 1041.6 | [175] | |
November | 16 November 2018 | Valga | 1043.2 | [176] | 21 November 1993 Narva 1057.2. |
December | 30 December 2015 | Valga | 1048.0 | [177] |
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | ref | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 11 January 2005 | Ristna | 962.6 | [166] | |
February | 17 February 2022 | Vilsandi | 959.6 | [167] | |
March | 26 March 2008 | Narva-Jõesuu | 966.6 | [168] | |
April | 5 April 2022 | Pakri | 965.8 | [169] | |
May | 2 May 2019 | Kunda | 977.1 | [170] | |
June | 27 June 2007 | Ristna | 981.7 | [171] | |
July | 9 July 2009 | Ristna | 986.6 | [172] | |
August | 10 August 2005 | Kihnu | 985.0 | [173] | |
September | 14 September 2017 | Vilsandi | 981.4 | [174] | |
October | 21 October 2021 | Vilsandi | 966.7 | [175] | |
November | 23 November 2008 | Tiirikoja | 951.3 | [176] | |
December | 6 December 2013 | Vilsandi | 966.1 | [177] | 16 December 1982, Naissaar 947.6 hPa |
In the period 1960 to 2014, 16 December 1997 Daugavpils a value of 1055.8 hPa recorded. [178]
23 January 1907 1065.1 hPa. [12] Deutsche Seewarte gives morning readings on 23 January 1907 in Klaipėda (Memel) of 799.0 millimetres of mercury (1,065.2 hPa) and in Vilnius (Wilna) of 798.9 millimetres of mercury (1,065.1 hPa). [179] There is a mention in the Hungarian meteorological journal Időjarás of reaching 800.0 millimetres of mercury (1,066.6 hPa) in Vilnius (Wilna) during the exceptional January 1907 anticyclone, but in the other place the Vilnius value of 799.4 millimetres of mercury (1,065.8 hPa) is reported. [180] According to an article in the German-Austrian expert journal Meteorologische Zeitschrift, on 23 January 1907 at 7 hrs Vilnius (Wilna) reached 799.2 millimetres of mercury (1,065.5 hPa). [181]
1862–present
Guernsey Airport 1960–present. [3]
Météo-France figures from 1951–present. [183]
though other listed figures predate Météo-France's records.[ citation needed ]
On 28 January 1905 values of 31.04 inches of mercury (1,051 hPa) in Biarritz, and 31.01 inches of mercury (1,050 hPa) in Brest are listed in the Met Office Daily Weather Report. [188] On the 29 January 1905, the atmospheric pressure reached a value of 1049.3 hPa in Paris. [189] [190]
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | ref | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 20 January 2020 | Abbeville | 1049.7 | ||
February | *Possible 20th Century: February 15, 1934 Cap De La Hague 1,048.2 hPa. [191] | ||||
March | 3 March 1990 | Pointe de Chémoulin, Saint-Nazaire Loire-Atlantique | 1048.9 hPa | ||
May | 13 May 2019 | Dunkirk | 1040.7 | [192] [193] | |
September | 25 September 2018 | Valenciennes | 1040.0 | [194] | *Previously 19 September 1986 Dunkirk 1038.4 [195] |
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | ref | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
May | 5 May 2004 | Cap de la Hague | 980.1 | [196] | |
October | 16 October 1987 Ushant 948 hPa. [197] |
The Belgian Royal Meteorological Institute gives the national record values as:
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | ref | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 20 January 2020 | Uccle | 1048.3 | ||
May | 16 May 1943 | Uccle | 1039.5 | [200] | |
June | 6 June 1962 | Uccle | 1034.9 | [201] | |
September | 27 September 1906 | Uccle | 1037.9 | [201] | |
October | 23 October 1958 | Uccle | 1039.5 | [201] |
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | ref | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
February | 25 February 1989 | Uccle | 956.8 | [201] | *Alt On 25 February 1989 a value reported at Blankenberge of 954 hPa. [199] [201] |
August | 24 August 1956 | Uccle | 980 | [201] | |
September | 11 September 1903 | Uccle | 976.8 | [201] | |
October | 10 October 1964 | Uccle | 971.0 | [201] | |
November | 29 November 1965 | Uccle | 967 | [201] |
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | ref | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 20 January 2020 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 1048.0 | [202] | Previously 1989 1045.5 hPa. [205] |
February | February 1959 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 1046.6 | [204] | |
March | March 1990 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 1045.8 | [206] | |
April | April 1947 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 1039.9 | [207] | |
May | 13 May 2019 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 1037.5 | [208] | |
June | June 2005 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 1036.3 | [209] | |
July | July 1969 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 1031.2 | [210] | |
August | August 1949 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 1033.5 | [211] | |
September | 25 September 2018 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 1039.3 | [212] | |
October | October 1983 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 1040.0 | [213] | |
November | November 2001 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 1042.1 | [214] | |
December | 27–28 December 2016 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 1047.2 | Previously 1991 1044.0 hPa. [215] |
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | ref | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | January 2009 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 967.6 | [216] | |
February | February 1989 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 959.8 | [204] | |
March | March 1994 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 968.6 | [206] | |
April | April 1962 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 984.2 | [207] | |
May | May 2009 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 983.2 | [217] | |
June | June 2009 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 988.8 | [209] | |
July | July 1987 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 993.7 | [210] | |
August | August 2008 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 979.7 | [211] | |
September | September 1974 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 988.5 | [218] | |
October | October 1990 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 979.8 | [213] | |
November | November 1965 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 974.6 | [214] | |
December | December 1976 | Luxembourg Findel Airport | 966.5 | [219] |
The Dutch Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute lists the following as national records:
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | ref | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 23 January 1907 | Eelde | 1053.0 | [223] | *Alt: 26 January 1932, De Bilt 1050.4 hPa. [224] |
February | 16 February 2008 | Eelde | 1048.1 | [225] | *Alt: 1046.7 hPa. [226] |
March | 6 March 1852 | Utrecht | 1046.9 | [227] | |
April | 10 April 1938 | Vlissingen | 1041.6 | [228] | |
May | 13 May 2019 | Vlieland | 1041.9 | [229] | *Previously 16 May 1943 Eelde, De Bilt and De Kooy 1040.2 hPa |
June | 6–7 June 1962 | De Kooy | 1038.3 | [230] | Alt. 7 June 1962 unknown location 1036.9. [227] |
July | 8 July 2013 and 10 July 1911 | Hoorn and De Kooy | 1034.6 | [231] | |
August | 13 August 1949 | Maastricht | 1034.1 | [232] | |
September | 25 September 2018 | Maastricht | 1040.2 | [233] | Previously:29 September 2015 Hoorn 1039.8 hPa. |
October | 22 October 1983 | Rotterdam and Soesterberg | 1041.7 | [234] | |
November | 20 November 1915 | Eelde | 1044.7 | [235] | |
December | 23 December 1962 | Eelde | 1050.2 | [236] |
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | ref | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 23 January 2009 | Hook of Holland | 961.0 | [237] | |
February | 25 February 1989 | Vlissingen | 954.4 | [237] | |
March | 24 March 1986 | Leeuwarden | 963.5 | [222] | |
April | 1 April 1994 | De Kooy | 972.6 | [222] | |
May | 5 May 2000 | De Bilt | 983.5 | [238] | *Alt: 5 May 2004, Vlieland 982.3 hPa. [222] |
June | 27 June 1958 | Vlissingen | 988.0 | [222] | |
July | 10 July 2000 | De Bilt | 987.5 | [239] | *Alt: 10 July 2000, Hoorn (Terschelling) 984.0 hPa. [222] |
August | 27 August 1912 | De Bilt | 973.0 | [222] | |
September | 24 September 1927 | De Kooy | 974.8 | [222] | |
October | 27 October 1959 | De Kooy | 968.8 | [222] | |
November | 27 November 1983 | Eelde, Drenthe | 954.2 | ||
December | 10 December 1965 | Leeuwarden | 961.5 | [222] |
The German weather service (DWD) give the
Other record figures and locations are also presented:
Month | Date | Location | pressure hPa | Altitude (m) | ref | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 23 January 1907 | Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 1060.8 | National record. | ||
February | 15 February 1959 | Mühldorf, Bavaria | 1050 | 405.6 | ||
March | 19 March 2022 | Kiel lighthouse | 1049.5 | [246] | Previously 4 March 1990 Garmisch Partenkirchen, Bavaria 1048.5. | |
April | 21 April 2002 | Greifswalder Oie, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 1039.3 | 12 | Based on Berlin record, Berlin only value 1040.1 hPa 4 April 1909. [247] | |
May | 13 May 2019 | Norderney, Lower Saxony | 1041.1 | 11.47 | Based on NL record. | |
June | 7 June 1962 | List on Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein | 1037.8 | 24.7 | Based on NL & DK. | |
July | 16 July 2006 | Waren (Müritz), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 1034.3 | 72.6 | Based on Berlin. | |
August | 4 August 1981 | Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate | 1038.3 | 163 | Based on Berlin | |
September | 25 September 2018 | Zwiesel, Bavaria | 1042.8 | 614.7 | Based on NL and Lux. | |
October | 18 October 1993 | Parow Airport, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 1042.8 | 4 | Based on Berlin. | |
November | 18 November 1985 | Arkona, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 1046.5 | 42 | Based on DK, offshore same value at Kiel Leuchtturm. CRU Emulate data 11 November 1859 in Jena have a value of 1046.01 hPa. [248] [note 1] | |
December | 23 December 1963 | Berlin Tempelhof Airport | 1049.6 | 48 |
The highest value is likely to have occurred during the 1907 high pressure event. [249] Deutsche Seewarte gives an evening reading on 23 January 1907 in Vienna of 790.7 millimetres of mercury (1,054.2 hPa). [179]
The Hungarian Meteorological Service (OMSZ) gives the following values:
According to an expert article in the Hungarian journal Pótfüzetek a Természettudományi Közlönyhöz, the highest reading in Budapest on 24 January 1907 was 793.1 millimetres of mercury (1,057.4 hPa) at 8 hrs. [253] A Hungarian meteorological journal Időjarás reports 793.0 millimetres of mercury (1,057.2 hPa) in Budapest on the same day. [180]
A private weather station in Balzers, southwest Liechtenstein reported on 28 December 2016 a value of 1046.4 hPa under the high named Yörn, described as a record by the Liechtensteiner Vaterland. [258]
It is likely 23 January 1907 saw a pressure of 1064.8 ± 0.5 mbar over Polish territory. [12] Deutsche Seewarte gives morning readings on 23 January 1907 in Nowy Port (Neufahrwasser) of 798.2 millimetres of mercury (1,064.2 hPa), in Darłowo (Rügenwalde) and Warsaw (Warschau) of 796.5 millimetres of mercury (1,061.9 hPa), in Świnoujście (Swinemünde) of 795.0 millimetres of mercury (1,059.9 hPa) and in Kraków (Krakau) of 794.2 millimetres of mercury (1,058.8 hPa). [179] According to an article in the German-Austrian expert journal Meteorologische Zeitschrift, on 23 January 1907 Suwalki reached 797.5 millimetres of mercury (1,063.2 hPa) and Warsaw (Warschau) 796.3 millimetres of mercury (1,061.6 hPa) at 7 hrs, while Nowy Port (Neufahrwasser) 797.9 millimetres of mercury (1,063.8 hPa) at 13 hrs. [181] In another article in the same journal, Rudzki reports the highest value in Kraków of 794.4 millimetres of mercury (1,059.1 hPa) on 23 January 1907 at 10 a.m. [181]
Other high pressures are reported as 1051.1 hPa January 22, 2006, 1050 hPa January 3, 1993 and 1048 hPa 10 December 1991.
Reanalysis data show a low record likely occurred on 17 January 1931 when a below 960 hPa low moved over the Baltic skirting the very north of today's Polish territory. [261]
The Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute report:
The Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO) tweeted that pressure on 20 January 2020 reached 1048 hPa, slightly below the values seen on January 24, 1907 and 24 December 1963. [265]
Other high pressures in Switzerland are given as 3–4 March 1990 at Zurich Airport of >1047 hPa [271] and 29 January 1989 at Schaffhausen of 1047.2 hPa, which was the highest pressure in the country since the 1950s, when values on 15 February 1959 at Kloten reached 1047.1 hPa. [272] [273] A high value of 1050.2 hPa at Bern on 17 January 1882 is proposed as having occurred (on an internet forum). [274] [ better source needed ] Though values in MeteoSwiss annals are unreduced to MSLP. [275]
Deutsche Seewarte gives a morning reading on 24 January 1907 in Belgrade of 791.2 millimetres of mercury (1,054.8 hPa). [179]
Articles in expert journals Időjarás and Pótfüzetek a Természettudományi Közlönyhöz report 797.0 millimetres of mercury (1,062.6 hPa) on 24 January 1907 in Sibiu (Nagyszeben). [180] [253] Deutsche Seewarte gives a morning Sibiu (Hermannstadt) reading on 24 January 1907 of 796.8 millimetres of mercury (1,062.3 hPa). [179]
A reading of 798 millimetres of mercury (1,064 hPa) in Ternopil (Ternopol) on 24 January 1907 is reported by an expert article in the Hungarian journal Pótfüzetek a Természettudományi Közlönyhöz. [253] According to an article in the German-Austrian expert journal Meteorologische Zeitschrift, Lviv (Lemberg) reached 797.6 millimetres of mercury (1,063.4 hPa) on 23 January 1907 at 21 hrs. [181] Deutsche Seewarte gives morning readings on 23 January 1907 in Lviv (Lemberg) of 796.3 millimetres of mercury (1,061.6 hPa). [179]
Deutsche Seewarte gives a morning reading on 24 January 1907 in Pinsk of 795.2 mmHg (1060.2 hPa). [179]
Notable atmospheric pressure reports from offshore and in the North Atlantic are:
A lower value is reported from 27 to 28 February 1988 at 1053 hPa centred at approximately 53.5° N, 25.6° W. [3]
For comparison, the lowest Atlantic basin tropical cyclone low pressure is Hurricane Wilma in 2005, which holds the record at 882 hPa. [298] (see list of most intense tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic).
Similarly low extra-tropical values elsewhere have only been documented near Antarctica, with 919 hPa observed at Casey Station on the Windmill Islands (just outside the Antarctic Circle) on August 8–9, 1976 at Vincennes Bay (66°17’S 110°31’E). [299] Though this value is considerably lower than any other on record and could conceivably be a fault with the recording instrument, though values are internally consistent with readings below 940 mb at this time. [160] A study published in Geophysical Research Letters in July 2023 on an extratropical cyclone in the Southern Ocean in October 2022 estimated that the cyclone reached a pressure of 899.91 hPa (26.574 inHg) while also estimate four other cyclones in the same region with pressures below or equal to 914 hPa (27.0 inHg). [300]
The two lowest extra-tropical pressures reported from the Pacific basin are the 8 November 2014 Bering Sea cyclone at 924 hPa (warnings for the low to reach 920 hPa were released by the Japan Meteorological Agency [301] ), [302] and the 13 December 2015 North Pacific low at 924 hPa. [303] 31 December 2020 NWS OPC analysis of a low 52N 173E down to 921 hPa. [304] [305]
During a typical winter, one or perhaps two low pressure areas in the North Atlantic will deepen below 950 hPa, with pressures only deepening below 940 hPa on average once or twice per decade. [306] Before the satellite and weather model era, records (mostly from shipping) reported barometric pressures over the extratropical North Atlantic as going as low as 925 hPa, with values below 940 hPa being very rare occurrences. [307] The frequency of very deep depressions (central pressure below about 940 hPa) in the North Atlantic is thought to have increased significantly since the winter of 1982/83 to 1993. [296]
Date | Location | Notes | Pressure hPa | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1822, 8 February | Reykjavik, Iceland | Onshore reading | 926.5 | [14] |
1824, 4 February | Reykjavik, Iceland | Onshore reading | 924 | [297] |
1838, 28 November | Limerick, Ireland | Onshore reading | 931.2 | [297] |
1839, 6 January | Northwest of Scotland | During the Night of the Big Wind low pressure may have reached a low of 914 hPa, though a value of 918 hPa is generally accepted. Though analysis of the land-based observed pressures indicate higher minima, around 931 hPa, and subsequently the depression's nadir at sea could be higher than proposed. [308] | 918 | [309] |
1852, 21 January | Reykjavik | 937.7 | [310] | |
1865, 31 December | Butt of Lewis Lighthouse, Scotland | A report of 27.63 inches of mercury (936 hPa) from Hoy, Orkney, which is not supported by observation from Cantick Head Lighthouse on South Walls. | 937.7 | [89] |
1870, 5 February | 49° N, 26° W | The ship Neier (49° N, 26° W) reported and observation of 921.1 hPa, supported by an observation on the HMS Tarifa (51° N, 26° W) of 925.5 hPa. | 921.1 | [297] |
1877, 11 November | Monach Lighthouse, Outer Hebrides | Onshore observation | 939.7 | [67] |
1884, 26 January | Ochtertyre, Perthshire | Lowest land based observation in the UK. 26 January record observed low pressure Ireland for that month at Markree Castle, Sligo 936.6 hPa. [52] [59] On 27 January 1884 Bergen in Norway reported an onshore observation of 939.7 hPa. [311] | 925.6 | [297] |
1886, 8 December | Belfast | Land observation, the low probably reached values of around 924 hPa over Northern Ireland, lowest value reported on the island of Ireland. | 927.2 | [297] |
1888, 23 December | Reykjavik, Iceland | 929 | [312] | |
1895, 6 December | Härnösand, Sweden | 939.5 hPa was reported at Lungö Lighthouse (62° N, 18° E) on 6 December 1895. [313] | 938.4 | [126] |
1907, 27 January | Bergen | Onshore observation | 936 | [93] |
1907, 20 February | East of the Shetland Islands | Low brought record observed low pressure to Denmark and Norway. [93] (nadir ~934) | 934 | [314] |
1914, 27 December | Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland | 929.0 | [34] | |
1924, 26 December | Grindavík, Reykjanes Iceland. | 933.7 | [315] | |
1925, 7–8 February | Iceland | Halaveðrið | 935 | [316] |
1929, 2 December | Stórhöfði peninsula, Heimaey | Onshore observation (could be same system as 4 December 1929) [317] The reading could have been as low as 919.7 hPa. [34] | 920 | [14] |
1929, 4 December | Unknown | Reported by the ship SS Westpool in an unknown location in the North Atlantic (could be same system as 2 December 1929). [317] | 925.5 | [297] |
1933, 3 January | Reykjavik, Iceland | Onshore reading of a low thought to be filling. 931.4 hPa recorded at Akureyri, the lowest pressure measured there. [34] | 927.2 | [297] |
1945, 19 December | Between Iceland and Ireland | Lowest onshore measurement reported from Valentia, Ireland at 948.6 hPa, estimated central minimum of 927 hPa. | 927 | [297] |
1948, 2 February | SW of Iceland | 933 | [318] | |
1949, 25 January | Dalatangi lighthouse, Mjóifjörður, east Iceland | Onshore report of 941 hPa with a central pressure offshore thought to be 940 hPa. | 940 | [319] |
1952, 27 October | 53° N, 18.5° W | A vigorous development deepened around to a proposed low of 922 hPa, though the contemporary reports suggest 935–936 hPa as a more probable value. | 935.5 | [297] |
1962, 16 January | 56° N, 19° W Ocean Weather ship 'Lima' | 931.1 | [297] | |
1962, 13 February | Vidzeme Upland, Latvia | 932.9 | ||
1963, 19 October | Iceland | Onshore reading 938.4 hPa at Stórhöfði, Ex-Hurricane Flora. | 935 | [44] |
1972, 7 January | Near Ocean Weather ship Charlie | 935 | [320] | |
1974, 10–11 January | 56° N, 22.5° W | North west of Ireland, Met Éireann estimated the low deepened to a low of 936 hPa at 57° N, 21° W. [321] | 934 | [297] |
1982, 8 February | SW Iceland | ~932. 934 hPa in Daily Weather Report. [322] | 932 | [320] |
1982, 16 December | Sundsvall | 16 December an extreme low airpressure was identified in Sweden, centred on Sundsvall where recording instruments showed 939 hPa, nearly equalling the Swedish national record. [323] 940.1 according to SMHI. [313] Väike-Maarja, Estonia reported a station level value of 936.0 hPa. [162] | 939 | |
1982, 19–20 December | 58.5° N, 15° W | The 20th Century low pressure record onshore in the UK occurred on 20 December 1982 at Sule Skerry dropping as low as 936 hPa. 937.6 hPa was recorded at Stornoway on 20 December 1982 as the lowest barometric pressure observed anywhere in the British Isles since 1886. | 931 | [88] |
1983, 5 January | South of Iceland, | 929.9 hPa reported from Stórhöfði, Vestmannaeyjar. [34] Could be the same low as mentioned in January 1983 by Brown (1995) at ~932 hPa. [320] | 930 | [297] |
1983, 26 December | South east of Greenland | 936 | [297] | |
1986, 14–15 December | 61° N, 32° W | The ship Uyir measured a pressure of 920.2 hPa south east of Greenland on December 15, 1986. The Met Office estimated a central pressure of 916 hPa. The West German weather Service estimated the low could have reached as low as 912–913 hPa. | 916 | [297] [324] [325] |
1989, 4–5 January | Offshore Nova Scotia | "ERICA IOP4 storm" post-analysis suggested that the pressure fell to a possible low of to 928 hPa. This was the lowest pressure ever observed in an Atlantic extratropical cyclone south of 40 degrees latitude in the 20th century. | 936 | [326] |
1989, 15 February | Ocean weather station Mike, Norwegian sea 66° N, 2° E | Pressure likely to have dropped to 935.5 hPa, as the recorder was not able to print the lowest pressure. | 937.1 | [311] [327] |
1989, 29 October | CFS reanalysis chart, 921 hPa. [328] | 926 | [329] | |
1989, 24 December | South west of Iceland | Estimated at a little below 920 hPa. 929.5 hPa reported from Stórhöfði, Vestmannaeyjar. [34] | 920 | [64] |
1990, 1 March | Finland | This value is not reported by the Finnish Meteorological Institute. | 939.7 | [317] |
1992, 2 March | Offshore of Newfoundland | 926 | [64] | |
1992, 23 November | Offshore SE Iceland | 938 | [307] [330] | |
1992, 29 November | East of Cape Farewell, Greenland lee low | 931.5 [331] | 936 | [307] [330] |
1993, 10 January | 62° N, 15° W North Atlantic west of Faroe Islands | Braer storm was the deepest cyclone on record for the North Atlantic, and very probably for any temperate latitude 912–915 hPa. Low claimed to have reached a nadir of 913, with 916 confirmed. [332] 914 [333] [334] | 914 | [296] |
1999, 15–16 January | South of Iceland | Ship Dettifoss (P3BK4) reported 928 hPa. MeteoFrance publication 925 hPa. [197] | 926 | [335] [336] [337] |
1999, 25 December | Between Scotland and Norway | A Central Forecasting Office, Bracknell analysis gave a lowest pressure of 938 hPa, based on reported pressures of 940 hPa over the North Sea. Buoy 63113 at 61°N 1.7°E reported a minimum pressure of 937.6 hpa at 1300 UTC 25 December. [338] | 938 | [339] |
1999, 31 December | 59° N, 35° W | Formation of two sub 940 lows in 1999 book-ended the destructive Cyclone Lothar and Martin in Europe. | 929 | [338] |
2003, 8 March | Central Atlantic | Named "Gordian" by the Free University of Berlin, analysed by them to have deepened below 940 hPa. [340] | 924 | [341] |
2006, 10 December | 62° N, 37° W | Named "Xynthia" by the Free University of Berlin, who estimated central pressure below 930 hPa. [342] | 928 | [343] |
2007, 12 December | 928 | [344] | ||
2009, 23 January | Between Iceland and Scotland | Named "Hans" by the Free University of Berlin. [345] | 938 | [346] |
2011, 10 February | 56° N, 32° W | Named "Paolini" by the Free University of Berlin. [347] [348] | 935 | [349] |
2013, 26 January | Named "Jolle" by Free University of Berlin | 932 | [350] [351] [352] | |
2013, 24 December | Cyclone Dirk, this was the lowest barometric pressure observed at any site in the British Isles, and the deepest depression to pass close to the British Isles, since 8 December 1886, 936.4 hPa at Stornoway was reported on minute observations at 12:29, with 936.8 hPa recorded at the 13:00 hourly observation. [306] At the southernmost tip of the Faroe Islands a low air pressure of 932.2 hPa was recorded on Christmas Eve at Akraberg lighthouse. [353] | 927 | [354] [355] | |
2014, 5 January | 51° N, 36° W | Christina | 934 | [306] |
2015, 5 December | South of Iceland | Desmond | 939 | [356] [357] |
2015, 29 December | South east of Iceland | Frank/Eckhardt. [358] | 928 | [359] |
2016, 21 December | SW of Jan Mayen (70° N, 13° W) | Named Zarina by FUB. Low mimima likely over Arctic Ocean. ECMWF model estimated low down to 937 hPa. [360] | 940 | [361] |
2017, 6 February | 54° N, 30° W | Named Niklas by FUB, [362] UKMO chart down to 929 hPa, [363] NWSOPC 932 hPa, [364] [365] DMI 935 hPa. [366] | 932 | [367] |
2017, 25 February | Between Greenland and Iceland | Named Udo by FUB, [368] 938 hPa UKMO analysis chart 06 UTC 25 Feb 2017. [369] | 939 | [367] |
2018, 14 January | Close to Jan Mayen | Named Evi by FUB, [370] 935 hPa 1800 UTC 14 Jan 2018 UKMO Analysis chart, [371] | 935 | |
2018, 12 October | West of Ireland | Named Callum by UK and Irish Met Offices, Nevine by FUB, [372] 938 hPa 0000 UTC 12 Oct 2018. [373] Met Éireann forecasters commentary gave a value as low as 936 hPa. [374] 937 hPa. [44] Reported as the lowest early season pressure for an extratropical Atlantic storm since at least 1979 by Met Éireann. [375] | 938 | |
2019, 20 February | 53° N, 33° W | Named Julia by the Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera. NWS OPC analysis 934 hPa.. UKMO 936 hPa. [376] | 934 | [377] |
2020, 8 February | 63° N, 37° W | Named "Ruth" by the Free University of Berlin. [378] NWS "Greenland Bomb". [379] | 930 | [380] |
2020, 14 February | 59° N, 24° W | Named "Uta" by the Free University of Berlin. 929 NWS [381] NWS "Iceland Bomb". [379] | 933 | |
2020, 15 February | 63° N, 20° W | Named "Dennis" by UKMO, "Victoria" by Free University of Berlin. [382] Onshore 932.3 hPa reported from Surtsey, Iceland. [383] UKMO 922 hPa. ECMWF 919 hPa. [384] | 920 | [381] |
2020, 16 December | NE of Newfoundland | "Eva" FUB | 938 | [385] |
2022, 6 January | SE of Greenland | "Barbara" FUB, UKMO 931 hPa. NWS forecast 928 hPa. [386] | 931 | [387] |
2022, 7 February | Between Iceland and Greenland | "Sarai" FUB, [388] UKMO 930 hPa. NWS 928. [389] | 930 | |
2022, 14 March | South of Greenland | UKMO 929. 927. [390] Onshore locations in Greenland reported lows of 935.7 (or as low as 934.1). [391] | 929 | |
2022, 24 September | Nova Scotia | Post-tropical Cyclone Fiona, thought to be the lowest pressure observed in Canada. | 931 | |
2022, 4 November | Post tropical Cyclone Martin | 934 | [392] |
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Cyclone Dirk was a large and deep European windstorm that affected Western Europe from the Iberian Peninsula to Iceland from 22 December 2013.
Cyclone Niklas, also known as the Lentestorm in the Netherlands, was a European windstorm that affected areas of western and central Europe with widespread disruption to air, shipping and road transport at the end of March 2015.
2013–2014 Atlantic winter storms in Europe were a series of winter storms affecting areas of Atlantic Europe and beyond. The French Atlantic coastal regions, South West and Southern England, West Wales, Ireland, Spanish Atlantic coastal regions were especially affected by a "conveyor belt" series of high-precipitation storms and by high tides. Many storms were explosively deepened by a strong jet stream, many deepening below 950 hPa. The repeated formation of large deep lows over the Atlantic brought storm surges and large waves which coincided with some of the highest astronomical tides of the year and caused coastal damage. The low pressure areas brought heavy rainfalls which led to flooding, which became most severe over parts of England such as at the Somerset Levels. The repeated storms fit into a pattern of disturbed weather in the Northern Hemisphere, which saw from November 2013 a disturbance to the jet stream in the western Pacific, which propagated eastwards bringing a warm winter to Alaska, drought to California, and repeated cold air outbreaks to the eastern USA where the early 2014 North American cold wave resulted.
Stórhöfði is a peninsula and the southernmost point of Heimaey, the largest island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago, in Iceland. It is claimed to be the windiest place in Europe, and holds the record for the lowest on land observation of air pressure in Europe. The name means great cape and was also the name of a street in Reykjavík's Höfði industrial area until 2015 when it was renamed Svarthöfði, which is the Icelandic term for Darth Vader. The street had formerly been named Bratthöfði, which translates as steep cape.
Sweden had a very unusual start and finish to the year 2010, with two consecutive winter cold waves occurring in a single calendar year. Since both events were notable, both are covered in this article.
The 2018–2019 European windstorm season was the fourth instance of seasonal European windstorm naming in Europe. Most storms form between September and March. The first named storm, Ali, affected primarily the United Kingdom and Ireland on 19 September 2018.
The 2019–20 European windstorm season was the fifth instance of seasonal European windstorm naming in Europe. This is the first season in which the Netherlands participates, joining Ireland's and the United Kingdom's meteorological agencies. The new season's storm names were released on 6 September 2019. In July 2019, it was announced that storm seasons would run from 1 September 2019 to 1 September 2020. The Portuguese, Spanish and French meteorological agencies again collaborated too, joined by the Belgian meteorological agency.
Storm Dennis was a European windstorm which, in February 2020, became one of the most intense extratropical cyclones ever recorded, reaching a minimum central pressure of 920 millibars. The thirteenth named storm of the 2019–20 European windstorm season, Dennis affected the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom less than a week after Storm Ciara, exacerbating the impacts from that storm amidst ongoing flooding in the latter country.
Norgesrekord: Laveste lufttrykk: 935.9hPa Målested: Bergen - Lungegårdshospitalet i Bergen, Hordaland Måletidspunkt: 27.01.1884
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