High Wind in Nantucket, Massachusetts

High Wind February 7, 2020 · Nantucket, Massachusetts

66 mph

Measured gust (57 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 4 PM EST, a mesonet site at Siasconset reported a gust to 66 mph. At 350 PM EST, the ASOS station at Nantucket Airport (KACK) reported a gust to 59 mph.

The wider storm

Powerful low pressure moved from eastern Pennsylvania across central Connecticut and central Massachusetts on February 7, 2020. A southerly jet of 85 to 95 mph was just above the surface at 925 mb. Damaging winds occurred across much of eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island with some damage reported farther to the west. There were widespread power outages and numerous trees down, some falling on homes and vehicles. Late in the evening, as of 11 PM, more than 66,000 residents remained without power.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 874877. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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