Windspeed

Tornados are rated up to and beyond 200 mph/322 kph on the F (Fujita) Scale
A 1999 tornado in Bridge Creek, near Oklahoma City
reached a speed of about 300 mph/483 kph
as measured by Doppler radar

Barrow Island, Antarctica recorded the highest non-tornado wind speed
during 1996's Tropical Cyclone Olivia
with 253 mph/407 kph winds

The fastest katabatic wind (wind traveling downslope) was 168 mph/270 kph,
recorded in 1912 at Cape Denison in Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica
where annual average daily maximum wind speed is 44 mph/71 kph,
gale force (more than 39 mph/63 kph) on the Beaufort Scale

Mount Washington, New Hampshire held the world record
for the strongest recorded wind gust (231 mph/372 kph, recorded in 1934) until recently
and has an average annual wind speed of 35 mph/56 kph
as well as average monthly peak gusts of 150 to 170 mph/242 to 274 kph

It is the windiest place in USAmerica and the world

In Rio Gallegos, Argentina the average annual wind speed is 15.7 mph/25.26 kph
Dodge City, Kansas has an average wind speed of 15 mph/24 kph
St John’s, Newfoundland averages 13 mph/21 kph winds

Scotland has average wind speeds of between 10 and 18 mph/16 and 29 kph
and some areas have 30 days in a year of gale force winds (Beaufort Scale) of 39 mph/63 kph

In 2024, 73.1% of Scotland’s total electricity generation was from renewable power
78% of which is wind energy
or 57% of all Scots electricity
and 21.9 TWh of power
enough to meet all Scotland's electricity consumption
which in 2024 was 21.7 TWh

In 2024, renewable sources generated 38.4 TWh so
Scotland exported excess power to the rest of the UK
and another estimated 8.3 TWh of wind energy was discarded in 2024,
primarily due to lack of transmission infrastructure

The wind moves
inexhaustibly
and we can move with it
or be blown away

hat tip to https://www.treehugger.com/10-of-the-windiest-places-in-the-world-11889062