Cyclone Tini

Not to be confused with Cyclone Tina.

Storm Darwin
Storm Darwin
TypeEuropean windstorm
Extratropical cyclone
Formed10 February 2014
Dissipated17 February 2014
Lowest pressure952 hPa (28.1 inHg)[1]
Fatalities1
Damage€286 million[2]
Areas affectedIreland, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Germany

Storm Darwin (also referred to as Cyclone Tini in Ireland)[3][4][5] a European windstorm that hit Western Europe, particularly Ireland and the United Kingdom on 12 February 2014. The storm brought hurricane-force winds to Ireland the with the Met Office and Met Éireann describing the storm as one of the most significant to affect Ireland, Wales and West England in recent decades. Tini was one of the strongest storms of the 2013–2014 Atlantic winter storms in Europe, and also brought heavy across the UK and Ireland exacerbating the 2013–2014 United Kingdom winter floods, and may have been the most damaging storm of the period.[6]

The arrival of the storm coincided with what would have been Charles Darwin's 205th birthday, earning the storm the name Darwin, particularly in Ireland.[7]

  1. ^ "Storm on 12th February 2014" (PDF). Met Éireann. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  2. ^ "PERILS puts final European windstorm Tini loss estimate at €286m". Artemis. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  3. ^ McAvinia, Ruth. "The naming of storms". Learning Zone. EUMETSAT. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  4. ^ Best, Barra (7 March 2014). "Roots of Irish history exposed by winter storms". BBC News NI. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Now it's a big freeze ahead of new storm". Irish Independent. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  6. ^ LeComte, Douglas (27 April 2015). "International Weather Highlights 2014: Winter Storms, Typhoons, Hurricanes, and Flooding". Weatherwise. 68 (3): 20–26. doi:10.1080/00431672.2015.1022124. S2CID 191515491.
  7. ^ Brophy, Daragh (13 February 2014). "How did poor old Charles Darwin get dragged into the nation's storm coverage?". The Journal. Retrieved 17 January 2015.