The Beaufort Wind Force Scale measures wind speed and its observed effects on land and sea. Created by Sir Francis Beaufort, the scale ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane). Beaufort Scale Day ...

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The Beaufort Scale, developed in 1805 by Sir Francis ... This scale ranges from a level 0 to 12, with 0 being the lowest wind speed. See the chart below for the wind speed range and effects.

Still, 55 to 63 mph isn't nothing. Wind speeds at that threshold are a "10" on the Beaufort Wind Scale, which is used to estimate wind strengths. The scale is numbered from 0 (calm conditions ...

The wind gusts at the airport this March are not shown on this chart. The Beaufort Wind scale further breaks this down, categorizing wind strength into 12 different categories. We broke the days ...

Working its way up the Beaufort scale, it howled in the rigging and churned ... even enjoying some memorable crossings — a steady wind, the sails full, the boat heeled over and thrumming happily ...

Mean wind speeds reached hurricane force 12 on the Beaufort wind scale at Ceann Mhása and Malin Head in Co Donegal. Ceann Mhása was one of four weather stations that broke their highest gust rec ...

The forecaster's climate statement for January revealed that two weather stations reached hurricane-force 12 on the Beaufort wind scale during the storm last month. These stations were Malin Head ...

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Here, wind speeds could reach almost 65mph at the height of the storm. The Beaufort wind force scale classes winds of more than 47mph as a 'strong gale' and above 55mph as a 'storm.' The Met ...