Mount Everest, Mount Washington or Pistol River are known for their great wind currents, however, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) those who would dispute the title to rise as the windiest place on Earth are:
Barrow Island in Australia
It is a small island in the northwest of Australia and the WMO recorded on April 10, 1996, a 408 kilometer per hour wind gust driven by Tropical Cyclone Olivia. It was without a doubt the strongest gale ever recorded. Tornadoes can cause even stronger gusts of wind, so the central United States would be our next stop.
Oklahoma in the United States
The southwestern states of the US are the most affected by tornadoes, not for nothing is this area known as the “Tornado Corridor”. Of all of them, the state of Oklahoma has been in which the WMO has registered the highest speed: 486 kilometers per hour, near Bridge Creek, on May 3, 1999.
Antartic Ocean
The winds from the west of the South Antarctic Ocean, unlike the regions of the northern hemisphere, are not interrupted by the continents, so they are usually around 160 kilometers per hour or more.
The antartida
Antarctica is a challenge to measure the wind, according to experts, due to the combination of ultra-strong winds (which can break measuring instruments) and sub-zero temperatures (which can freeze them). This general cooling – especially during the winter – produces a surface layer of cold and dense air that tends to flow from the interior towards the coast. On July 6, 1913, a 153-kilometer-per-hour gust was recorded at Cape Denison. It is the windiest sea-level station on Earth with an average annual hurricane speed.
