Burns' Day Storm

Burns' Day Storm
	Burns' Day Storm/Daria 11:30UTC 25 January 1990
Type	European windstorm, extratropical, extratropical storm surge
Formed	23 January 1990
Dissipated	26 January 1990
Highest winds	mean hourly wind 64 kn (119 km/h; 74 mph), Sheerness, Kent;
Highest gust	124 kn (230 km/h; 143 mph), Brocken
Lowest pressure	949 hPa (28.0 inHg)
Fatalities	47 UK, 17 Netherlands, 12 France,
Areas affected	Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Netherlands, West Germany, East Germany, Denmark

The Burns' Day Storm (also known as Cyclone Daria) was an extremely violent windstorm that took place on 25–26 January 1990 over North-Western Europe. It is one of the strongest European windstorms on record and caused many fatalities in the UK and Europe. This storm has received different names, as there was no official list of such events in Europe at the time. Starting on Burns Day, the birthday of the Scottish poet Robert Burns, it caused widespread damage and hurricane-force winds over a wide area.

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