1941 cyclone
2017-02-16 (IPMA)
76 years ago, on February 15, 1941, Portugal was swept very violently by a cyclone that came to be known as the "cyclone of 1941".
Portugal mainland felt the influence of this event, which moved northeast along the Portuguese coast, with very strong winds and high precipitation throughout the territory, causing "enormous losses, some irreparable, seriously undermining the national economy" (In, Monthly Bulletin, Ministry of Economy, Meteorological Services, No. 50, 2nd series, February 1941).
The evolutionary process of this cyclone can be classified as explosive cyclogenesis, with pressure values dropping sharply in 24 hours, namely in Coimbra, where the pressure variation in 24h was 48.5 hPa, occurring between 15h of the day before and 15h of the 15th, 987.0 hPa and 938.5 hPa, respectively (pressure values recorded at station level).
In Lisbon a gust of 129 km/h was recorded, Coimbra recorded 133 km/h and in Porto, Serra do Pilar, 167 km/h, at which point the anemometer broke down.
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