Jamaica Beach Weather Observatory - Peak Wind Gust & Direction


Jamaica Beach Weather Observatory Jamaica Beach, Texas Peak Wind Gust & Direction (miles per hour)
YEAR	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	ANNUAL
1993	——	——	52	45	W84	——	——	31	36	56	38	40	W84
1994	40	37	W90	41	40	36	29	36	——	35	35	——	W90
1995	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——
1996	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——
1997	41	46	39	51	34	35	40	30	39	45	36	36	51
1998	NW38	W66	W46	NE38	S30	W53	N53	E38	E53	NW62	NW35	N41	W66
1999	S56	N43	SW51	SE40	N52	S33	S38	S31	N36	W34	N35	NE35	S56
2000	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——
2001	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	S51	NE39	N43	NW38	NW48	S51
2002	NW38	N47	S49	N56	SW41	W49	S48	W44	SE51	N40	N36	NW52	N56
2003	W45	W46	NW47	SE44	S38	N44	E55	NW41	S47	N37	W49	NW40	E55
2004	W47	NW36	NE36	NW58	NW45	SW45	S36	SW31	E32	SE36	S44	NW39	NW58
2005	NW46	N33	W59	N43	W67	NW36	S41	NW30	NW79	N45	N39	N47	NW79
2006	NW49	N48	N39	W51	NW51	SE37	S46	S33	SW59	W60	NW52	NE41	W60
2007	N38	SE37	SW55	NW49	E31	E37	SW43	S39	NW40	W48	NE39	NW47	SW55
2008	N40	W40	N52	N37	N35	S31	0	0	0	0	0	0	N52
MAX	S56	W66	W90	NW58	W84	W53	E55	S51	NW79	NW62	NW52	NW52	W90
YEAR	1999	1998	1994	2004	1993	1998	2003	2001	2005	1998	2006	2002	1994
DATE	22	26	08	06	09	05	15	29	24	06	15	23	03/08
* ADDITIONAL NOTES * The peak wind gust of 90 mph from W on Mar 8, 1994 was associated with a microburst during a severe thunderstorm. The anemometer stopped recording at 81 mph due to a power failure but the maximum wind gust was estimated to have reached at least 90 mph. During the same severe thunderstorm, an anemometer located about ½ mile E of the Jamaica Beach Weather Observatory recorded an unofficial peak wind gust of 102 mph. Post-storm analysis of structural wind damage in the area was consistent with wind velocities of this magnitude. The highest wind gust recorded at the Jamaica Beach Weather Observatory associated with a tropical cyclone was 79 mph from NW on Sep 24, 2005 during Hurricane Rita. Other peak wind gusts at the Jamaica Beach Weather Observatory from tropical cyclones include: 55 mph from E during Hurricane Claudette (2003)...53 mph from E during Tropical Storm Frances (1998)...51 mph from SE during Tropical Storm Fay (2002)...and 46 mph from SE during Tropical Storm Allison (2001). Prior to the establishment of the Jamaica Beach Weather Observatory in 1990, the maximum winds ever recorded on west Galveston Island in what is now the city of Jamaica Beach were associated with the hurricanes of Sep 8, 1900...Aug 17, 1915...Sep 11, 1961 (Carla) and Aug 18, 1983 (Alicia). In each of these major hurricanes, winds in Jamaica Beach probably exceeded 120 mph in gusts. * Also recorded on earlier date(s).