http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100127/ap_on_sc/us_wind_record_toppled

New Hampshire's Mount Washington has lost its distinction as the
site of the fastest wind gust ever recorded on Earth, officials at the Mount
Washington Observatory said Tuesday.

The concession came three days after the World Meteorological Organization
posted a snippet on its Web site saying a panel of experts reviewing extreme
weather and climate data turned up a 253 mph gust on Australia's Barrow Island
during Cyclone Olivia in 1996.

That tops the 231 mph record set atop Mount Washington on April 12, 1934.