and gusts measuring 45.8 m/s were recorded at the height of the storm, setting 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
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