Highest air pressure in over 300 years recorded in London THREAD by BBCAmos 👇
According to the BBC Weather service, the high pressure system has been driven by winds hitting 238mph over the central Atlantic ocean.
In turn, that has lead to a"pile-up" of air over the British Isles, pushing down on the land mass, with the increase in air pressure.during the recent Storm BrendaThe highest recorded reading for air pressure at sea level in the UK was in 1902 at Aberdeen, when it hit 1,053.6 hPa - or 31 inches of mercury if you are looking at your old wall barometer.
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