The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) considered Hurricane Gustav's 211mph gust, registered during its passage through the Cuban western province of Pinar del Rio, to be a record.
Jose Rubiera, head of the Forecast Center of the Cuban Meteorological Institute, said a WMO commission registered the record marked by the Paso Real weather station, located in Pinar del Rio, reported Granma newspaper.
Dr. Rubiera said the meters of the Paso Real station were broken by the gusts of the category-four hurricane. He explained that the strongest winds registered so far was by a winter storm in New Hampshire(U.S) in 1934, which had gusts of 229 mph.
However, in the case of hurricanes the record was of 178 mph marked by a storm that hit Mexico in 1953.
In Cuba, the most powerful gust that had been registered before was of 163 mph reported during the passing of hurricane San Lucas through Havana in 1944.
Hurricane Gustav swept Pinar del Rio and Isla de la Juventud (an small island off southern coast of Cuba) late August, 2008, and a few days later another powerful category-4 hurricane, Ike, hit the region causing considerable material damage.
(Impuso huracán Gustav en Cuba récord de ráfaga de viento)
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