April 10 - The Most Extreme Wind Speed Ever Recorded

Tropical Cyclone Olivia bore down on tiny Barrow Island, just off the coast of western Australia in April 1996.  In this system was embedded a smaller-scale circulation within Olivia's eye-wall that produced five extreme 3-second wind gusts, the peak of which was a 253 mph gust on April 10!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices