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Hurricane Gilbert: The strongest Atlantic hurricane on record. On Sept. 16, 1988, Gilbert’s sustained winds roared at 185 m.p.h. and might briefly have approached 200 m.p.h.; its central air pressure dipped to 26.13″ (in the Atlantic Basin, only 2005’s Wilma with 26.05″ is lower).
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Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. His forecasts can be seen Monday through Friday on WGN-TV News at noon and 9 p.m.
WGN-TV meteorologists Steve Kahn, Richard Koeneman and Paul Dailey plus weather producer Bill Snyder contribute to this page.
