Storm Eunice is sweeping across much of the UK, with rare red weather warnings issued over wind speeds of up to 90mph in some areas.
The storm has sparked disruption in travel and business, with schools closed and some homes left without power.
But, despite its impacts, it doesn't look like Eunice will break records.
Here are some of the strongest wind speeds on record in the UK, according to Met Office data:
98mph: The strongest gust recorded during Storm Arwen on the night of November 26-27, 2021, at Brizlee Wood, Northumberland. Before Storm Eunice, Arwen was the most recent example of a red weather warning being issued in the UK.
105mph: The strongest gust during Storm Gertrude on January 29, 2016, at Lerwick in the Shetland Islands. This storm saw a red weather warning issued for the whole of the Shetlands.
115mph: The peak wind speed reached during the “Great Storm” of the night of October 15-16, 1987, at Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex. Gusts also reached 99mph at Gatwick Airport and 94mph in central London.
118mph: The strongest gust recorded at a low-level location in England, at Gwennap Head in Cornwall on December 15, 1979.
142mph: The strongest gust recorded at any low-level location in the UK, at Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire, on February 13, 1989.
173mph: This was the strongest gust ever recorded in the UK, at Cairngorm summit in the Highlands of Scotland on March 20, 1986.
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