Editing Wind speed (section)

===Non-tornadic===
The fastest wind speed not related to [[tornado]]es ever recorded was during the passage of Tropical [[Cyclone Olivia]] on 10 April 1996: an [[automatic weather station]] on [[Barrow Island (Western Australia)|Barrow Island]], [[Australia]], registered a maximum [[wind gust]] of {{cvt|113.3|m/s|km/h mph kn ft/s}}<ref name="courtney"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://public-old.wmo.int/en/media/news/new-world-record-wind-gust|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218171508/https://public-old.wmo.int/en/media/news/new-world-record-wind-gust|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 18, 2023|publisher=World Meteorological Association|title=World record wind gust|date=5 November 2015 |access-date=12 February 2017}}</ref> The wind gust was evaluated by the WMO Evaluation Panel, who found that the anemometer was mechanically sound and that the gust was within statistical probability and ratified the measurement in 2010. The anemometer was mounted 10 m above ground level (and thus 64 m above sea level). During the cyclone, several extreme gusts of greater than {{cvt|83|m/s|km/h mph kn ft/s}} were recorded, with a maximum 5-minute mean speed of {{cvt|49|m/s|km/h mph kn ft/s}}; the extreme gust factor was on the order of 2.27–2.75 times the mean wind speed. The pattern and scales of the gusts suggest that a [[mesovortex]] was embedded in the already-strong [[eyewall]] of the cyclone.<ref name="courtney">{{cite web|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/amoj/docs/2012/courtney_hres.pdf|title=Documentation and verification of the world extreme wind gust record: 113.3 m s–1 on Barrow Island, Australia, during passage of tropical cyclone Olivia|publisher=Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal}}</ref>

Currently{{As of when|date=June 2024}}, the second-highest surface wind speed ever officially recorded is {{cvt|103.266|m/s|km/h mph kn ft/s}} at the [[Mount Washington (New Hampshire)]] Observatory {{cvt|6288|ft|m|order=flip}} above sea level in the US on 12 April 1934, using a [[Hot-wire anemometry|hot-wire anemometer]]. The anemometer, specifically designed for use on Mount Washington, was later tested by the US [[National Weather Service|National Weather Bureau]] and confirmed to be accurate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mountwashington.org/about/visitor/recordwind.php|access-date=26 January 2010|title=The story of the world record wind|publisher=Mount Washington Observatory}}</ref>