Storm Dave has passed, and its strong winds set a record. According to climatologist Sverker Hellström at SMHI, these are the strongest April winds in 45 years. He says Dave definitely left its mark in the record books.
Normally, the strongest storms occur in autumn and winter, making Dave's occurrence in April unusual. The last time winds this strong were measured in April was in 1981. Hellström states that climate change is not the reason in this case, and it is seen more as a variation in the normal pattern.
Dave definitely left its mark in the record books.
Hellström states that climate change is not the reason in this case, and it is seen more as a variation in the normal pattern.