Storm Ophelia was the farthest east major hurricane on record in the Atlantic Basin, a report from Met Éireann says. The national meteorological service said while Storm Ophelia was a “significant” weather event that led to widespread disruption in Ireland, no wind or wave records were broken. It published a report into Storm Ophelia on Tuesday, exactly one year after it struck Ireland. Storm Ophelia made landfall over Ireland as an “extra-tropical storm” on the morning of October 16th, 2017 with wind speeds of up to 156km/h at Roche’s Point station in Co Cork. Lying against the wind on the pier at Howth while Hurricane Ophelia hit Dublin.

Source: The Irish Times October 16, 2018 12:00 UTC