Tor­na­dos strik­ing Finnish golf tour­na­ments.

Here’s a ques­tion for the dili­gent mete­o­ro­log­i­cal afi­cionado out there: What is the dis­tri­b­u­tion of sur­face wind speeds on the Earth at any given moment? How much does the max­i­mum sur­face wind speed vary over time, when you bother to check all sur­face points world­wide?

We’re often told how many earth­quakes there are in a day; how many gales? How many hurricane-​​force winds? How many tor­na­dos? How many light­ning strikes per minute, worldwide?