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Hurricane Patricia set a record for sustained wind

Its 345 kilometre per hour winds were measured in October 2015 Patricia formed in the eastern Pacific and intensified faster than almost any storm on record before hitting Mexico near Jalisco. An aircraft flying into the hurricane measured sustained winds of about 345 kilometres per hour, the highest reliably observed for any tropical cyclone. Wind speeds are estimated from aircraft sensors and dropsondes rather than ground instruments, because few stations survive such storms. It sits in Mondo's records & extremes collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Its 345 kilometre per hour winds were measured in October 2015. The figure is taken from NOAA, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.