HOW WIND IS MEASURED AND RECORDED OVER THE YEARS HAS CHANGED. CURRENTLY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TRACKS TWO TYPES OF WIND SPEEDS. A SUSTAINED WIND...WHICH IS AN AVERAGE OVER 2 MINUTES. BEFORE 1984...A FASTEST MILE WAS RECORDED RATHER THAN THE 2 MINUTE SUSTAINED. THIS WAS THE AVERAGE OVER 1 MINUTE.

NEXT IS AN INSTANTANEOUS GUST...A VALUE AVERAGED OVER 3 SECONDS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DID NOT START TO INCLUDE THE INSTANTANEOUS GUSTS IN THEIR YEAR END SUMMARIES UNTIL 1984. THEREFORE IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO TRACK ALL WIND GUSTS BEFORE 1984.

COMPARING THE RECORDED WINDS FROM SUNDAYS HIGH WIND EVENT. AT DAYTON...THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND WAS 50 MPH...AND THE HIGHEST GUST WAS 69 MPH. BOTH OF THESE WERE MEASURED AT THE DAYTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND RECORDED AT DAYTON...DATING BACK TO 1919 WAS 78 MPH...ON JUNE 16 1950. IT CAN BE ASSUMED THAT GUSTS WERE HIGHER. THE HIGHEST GUST RECORDED...SINCE 1984...WAS 74 MPH ON JULY 19 1998. THEREFORE THE GUSTS ON SUNDAY WERE THE SECOND HIGHEST GUST ON RECORD AND THE THIRD HIGHEST WIND SPEED RECORDED SINCE 1919.

AT CINCINNATI...THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND ON SUNDAY WAS 54 MPH...AND THE HIGHEST GUST WAS 74 MPH. THESE WERE MEASURED AT THE CINCINNATI-NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE HIGHEST GUST RECORDED...SINCE 1984...WAS 76 MPH ON APRIL 2 2006. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND RECORDED IN CINCINNATI...DATING BACK TO 1939 WAS 60 MPH...RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 20 1950. THEREFORE THE GUSTS ON SUNDAY WERE THE SECOND HIGHEST GUST ON RECORD AND THE SUSTAINED WINDS WERE THE THIRD HIGHEST ON RECORD.

FINALLY AT COLUMBUS...THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND ON SUNDAY WAS 54 MPH...AND THE HIGHEST GUST WAS 75 MPH. THESE WERE MEASURED AT PORT COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE HIGHEST GUST RECORDED...SINCE 1916...WAS 110 MPH ON JULY 31 1916 AND THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND RECORDED WAS 84 MPH ON THE SAME DATE. THESE WERE RECORDED IN DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS. THEREFORE THE GUSTS ON SUNDAY WERE THE SECOND HIGHEST GUST ON RECORD...BUT THE HIGHEST EVER RECORDED AT PORT COLUMBUS AND THE SUSTAINED WINDS WERE THE SIXTH HIGHEST ON RECORD.

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