![]() Eunice on 17 February | |
Type | European windstorm |
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Formed | 14 February 2022 |
Duration | 14th Feb - 19th Feb |
Dissipated | 19 February 2022 |
(Exited to sea on 18 February, 12.30pm GMT, second landfall 12pm CET) | |
Highest gust | 196 km/h (122mph), recorded in Isle of Wight as of 3:30PM GMT |
Casualties | 7, 8 injured as of 19:25PM GMT |
Power outages | 690,000 at peak (in UK, France and Ireland)[1][2][3] |
Areas affected | UK, Ireland, Denmark, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Lithuania |
Part of the 2021–22 European windstorm season |
Storm Eunice, also known as Storm Zeynep in Germany and Storm Nora in Denmark, was a storm in Europe. With maximum wind speeds of 122 mph, on the Isle of Wight, it was the strongest storm on record to hit England.[4]
Eunice was the fourth named storm of the 2021-22 European wind storm season. It was the most damaging for the season, with 530 thousand power outages for the UK and Ireland.[1][5] It came just hours after Storm Dudley.
Country | Gust | Location | Date |
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196 km/h | The Needles, Isle of Wight | 18 February |
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184 km/h | Albecq | 18 February |
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176 km/h | St. Clement | 18 February |
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172 km/h | Fastnet Lighthouse | 17 February |
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146 km/h | Højer | 18 February |
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176 km/h | Cap Gris Nez | 18 February |
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144 km/h | Knokke-Heist | 18 February |
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145 km/h | Cabauw | 18 February |
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130 km/h | Wincrange | 18 February |
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146 km/h | Brocken | 18 February |
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162 km/h | Łeba | 19 February |
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116 km/h | Klaipėda | 19 February |