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Old 2nd Sep 2019, 09:20
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73qanda
 
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Not to turn this into a pissing contest, but not uncommon in Australia during cyclone season.
The strongest wind gust recorded on the Australian mainland is 267 km/h. The gust was recorded during cyclone Vance at 11:50 am (WST) 22 March 1999 at Learmonth Meteorological Office, 35 km south of Exmouth.

Wind gusts of 259 km/h at Mardie and 246 km/h at Onslow were measured during cyclone Trixie in February 1975.
By ‘ not uncommon’ do you mean ‘pretty much never and certainly not on the populated mainland’?
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