new wind records since automatic measurements began in town in 2002.
At Stórhöfði, the famous synoptic weather station located on Heimaey island's southern tip, the automatic weather station recorded wind-speed* of 44.6 m/s and gusts of 52.7 m/s, the highest since it was
set up in 2004. However, that time-span is short compared to 90 years of manned observation at Stórhöfði.
New records were
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