Table 1 List of the top five strongest windstorms that occurred in the North Atlantic during the winter seasons of 1979–2015.

From: Major cause of unprecedented Arctic warming in January 2016: Critical role of an Atlantic windstorm

Rank

Name

Date

Minimum central pressure (hPa)

1

Braer

11 January 1993

91344

2

Noname

15 December 1986

91645

3

Dirk

24 December 2013

92746

4

Frank

30 December 2015

92847

5

Vivian

26 February 1990

94048