Accurate assessment of record extreme wind gusts is important for building design standards and for industries such as insurance and forestry. Re‐inspection of archived anemograph records, together with indirect supporting evidence, shows that the current record wind gust for Northern Ireland – a gust of 108 kn (56 m/s) recorded at Kilkeel on 12 January 1974 – is almost certainly incorrect. We recommend that other longstanding UK record wind gusts should also be independently reassessed for veracity by an independent Climate Extremes Committee, following WMO and US best practice examples.

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北爱尔兰长期创纪录的阵风几乎肯定是不正确的

准确评估创纪录的极端阵风对于建筑设计标准以及保险和林业等行业非常重要。重新检查存档的风速仪记录以及间接支持证据表明，北爱尔兰当前的阵风记录——1974 年 1 月 12 日在基尔基尔记录的阵风为 108 kn (56 m/s)——几乎肯定是不正确的。我们建议其他长期存在的英国阵风记录也应由独立的极端气候委员会按照 WMO 和美国的最佳实践范例进行独立的真实性重新评估。