Historic Natural Events
1930; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 125; Issue: 3143 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1038/125149a0
ISSN1476-4687
Tópico(s)Flood Risk Assessment and Management
ResumoJan. 26, 1884.—Great Storm.The centre of a very deep barometric depression appeared off the west coast of Ireland on the morning of Jan. 26, and passed across Scotland to Aberdeen, which it reached at midnight. At Ochtertyre, Perthshire, the barometer fell to 27·359 inches (corrected for gravity), or 926·5 millibars at 8.30 P.M., the lowest known sea-level pressure in the British Isles. A severe gale was felt in northeast England, the velocity at Alnwick between 11.30 P.M. on Jan. 26 and 12.30 A.M. on Jan. 27 averaging 76 miles per hour. The Observatory on the summit of Ben Nevis was in operation at the time, and the storm there was exceedingly violent.
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