Belinda Smith

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2,583 appearances 26 recordings 4 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 18 Sep

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Chris Larkins, Head of Operations at CSL Securus.

Thanks, Bill.

Yes, let's leave planet Earth for just a minute for our second instalment of Weather Off Earth, where we check out the conditions on other planets.

Last time, we looked at rain.

Today, it's wind.

Now, Robin, a quick question for you.

What's the strongest non-tornado wind recorded on Earth?

You've gone too high.

That's fine, though.

It's rough where I come from.

The strongest recorded wind speed, not in a tornado, was just over 400 kilometres an hour, almost exactly 30 years ago, actually, in April of 1996.

And it was recorded on Barrow Island, which is off the Western Australian coast.

But this 400 kilometres, or even your guess of 700, they both pale in comparison to the winds that whip around planets elsewhere.

To explain how we know this, here's University of Southern Queensland astronomer Dr Chelsea Huang, starting with what wind is.

Wow.

Okay.

So my sheets would dry very, very quickly in these winds I'm hearing.

Wow.

Okay.

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