St. Jude storm

"Cyclone Christian" redirects here. Not to be confused with Cyclone Christina or Cyclone Christine.

Cyclone Christian
St. Jude storm
Christian making landfall in Denmark on 28 October 2013.
TypeExtratropical cyclone
European windstorm
Formed26 October 2013
Dissipated31 October 2013[1]
Highest gust194.4 km/h (120.8 mph; 105.0 kn), Als, Denmark
Lowest pressure967 mb (28.56 inHg)
Fatalities17 dead, 1 missing
Areas affectedUnited Kingdom, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Russia

The St. Jude storm, also known as Cyclone Christian,[2] and other names, was a severe hurricane-force European windstorm that hit Northwestern Europe on 27 and 28 October 2013 causing at least 17 deaths. The highest windspeed was in Denmark, where a gust of 194.4 km/h (120.8 mph) was recorded in the south of the country (in Als) on the afternoon of 28 October, the strongest wind recorded in the country's history.[3]

Satellite image 26 October 2013 at 1012 UTC showing the position of the St. Jude Storm (Storm Christian) forming over Northern Atlantic. At the top of the image, the low pressure "Burkhard".
  1. ^ "Analyse". wetterpate.de. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Analyse" [Analysis] (in German). wetterpate.de. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Ny dansk vindrekord målt på Als" (in Danish). Vejret. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.