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BRITAIN as a whole is Europe's windiest country and has the capacity to produce electricity for Britain three times over.

Overall, the windiest day of the year around the country was March 20.

Winds of up to 77mph were recorded in Mumbles on Saturday, which was one of the windiest places in the UK.

Wind is the UK's greatest resource - we're the windiest country in Europe - and nowhere is it more abundant than out at sea.

The projects announced in April will produce about 1pc of the energy supplies for the UK, the windiest country in Europe.

As lead author John Turner of the British Antarctic Survey notes, "Antarctica is already the most extreme continent on earth--the windiest, the coldest, the driest," but nevertheless the researchers "were surprised to see the extent to which a small number of extreme snowfall events are responsible for the marked differences in snowfall from year to year."

The mat can be secured to the ground to battle even the windiest of climates, and is reversible with both sides working effectively.

Low pressure completely dominated the first 18 days giving us the windiest spell since February 2014 with gusts exceeding 40mph on eight days with three days over 55 mph.

Storm Gareth also brought gusts of 64mph to Gwynedd - making it one of the windiest spots in the UK.

By next weekend, Atlantic storms will bring spells of wet and windy weather across the country, with the wettest and windiest conditions expected in the west.

The cold and flu season may be upon us, at least in the chilliest and windiest parts of the U.S.

Dress in warm clothes, Chopok is one of the windiest places in Slovakia.

The girls then won the local Mold and Buckley league, winning matches held in all conditions, remaining unphased even on what felt the coldest and windiest day of the year in early February!

Dumfries Running Club staged the Criffel Hill Race on Sunday, organised by RanjitThomas and his team of helpers, on one of the coldest and windiest days of recent years.

Crosby and Liverpool Airport were classed as two of the windiest places in the country and the Mersey Ferries being cancelled for a time due to the weather.