Development & Analysis Of A UK Storm Indicator (part 8)

I continue turning the handle on wind speed data as gathered by 26 Irish weather stations since WWII. Today I amalgamate records from 7 long-series stations

So… we have an unexpected finding in the bag, and one that is sure to depress alarmists. I can imagine some of them saying my analysis is only based on four stations. Whilst this is true this argument is entirely irrelevant and smelling of red herrings for it only takes one well-placed station to record the gust speed of a massive storm front coming in from the Atlantic that swamps a goodly part of Ireland, if not the whole. And these are well-placed stations, for this is their role.

Come to think of it this specious argument is like somebody looking at the trunk of an elephant only to insist we also examine the ear, tail, knee, foot and belly to just to ascertain they are indeed dealing with an elephant. These people will dismiss the reality of the elephant just because a square inch on its backside wasn’t also considered. But this is the game they play time after time – we ought to call it SQUIRMS. I’m sure a reader will think of a fine expansion to this acronym but I’d like to get t…