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How Fast Is Gale?

17.0 m/s

61.2 km/h · 38.0 mph

A gale-force wind blows at 62 km/h — Beaufort Force 8 on the scale. Hard to walk against, branches break, weak trees come down. Anything 89 km/h or above gets reclassified as a storm.

Did you know?

Beaufort Force 8 — gale — is the wind speed at which it becomes hard to walk against and branches start breaking.

How it compares

Same as a galloping giraffe
Force 8 on the Beaufort scale

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