Did the anemometer which measured the worlds highest surface wind speed observed by man really fly off during the storm in 1934?
No! The anemometer which clocked the 231 mile per hour wind on April 12, 1934 did not blow away. After the storm had passed, the anemometer was taken down to be tested for accuracy. It proved to be correctly calibrated and thus the top wind speed become officially accepted. The anemometer now resides on the summit in the Observatory’s Summit Museum.
