List of atmospheric pressure records in Europe
North Atlantic low pressures below 940 hPa
During a typical winter, one or perhaps two low pressure areas in the North Atlantic will deepen below 950 hPa, with pressures only deepening below 940 hPa on average once or twice per decade.

List of atmospheric pressure records in Europe

Section Title: North Atlantic low pressures below 940 hPa
Table Section Text: During a typical winter, one or perhaps two low pressure areas in the North Atlantic will deepen below 950 hPa, with pressures only deepening below 940 hPa on average once or twice per decade.

Table of North Atlantic low pressures below 940 hPa (incomplete)

Date	Location	Notes	pressure hPa	ref

1824, 4 January	Reykjavik, Iceland	Onshore reading	924

1838, 28 November	Limerick, Ireland	Onshore reading	931.2

1839, 6 January	Northwest of Scotland	During the Night of the Big Wind low pressure may have reached a low of 914 hPa, though a value of 918 hPa is generally accepted.	918

1865, 31 December	Butt of Lewis Lighthouse, Scotland	A report of 27.63 inches of mercury (936 hPa) from Hoy, Orkney, which is not supported by observation from Cantick Head Lighthouse on South Walls.	937.7

1870, 5 February	49° N, 26° W	The ship Neier (49° N, 26° W) reported and observation of 921.1 hPa, supported by an observation on the HMS Tarifa (51° N, 26° W) of 925.5 hPa.	921.1

1877, 11 November	Monach Lighthouse, Outer Hebrides	Onshore observation	939.7

1884, 26 January	Ochtertyre, Perthshire	Lowest land based observation in the UK. 26 January record observed low pressure Ireland for that month at Markree Castle, Sligo 936.6 hPa.	925.6

1886, 8 December	Belfast	Land observation, the low probably reached values of around 924 hPa over Northern Ireland, lowest value reported on the island of Ireland.	927.2

1888, 23 December	Reykjavik, Iceland	929

1895, 6 December	Härnösand, Sweden	939.5 hPa was reported at Lungö Lighthouse (62° N, 18° E) on 6 December 1895.	938.4

1907, 27 January	Bergen	Onshore observation	936

1907, 20 February	East of the Shetland Islands	Low brought record observed low pressure to Denmark and Norway. (nadir ~934)	934

1914, 27 December	Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland	929.0

1924, 26 December	Grindavík, Reykjanes Iceland.	933.7

1929, 2 December	Stórhöfði peninsula, Heimaey	Onshore observation (could be same system as 4 December 1929) The reading could have been as low as 919.7 hPa.	923.6

1929, 4 December	Unknown	Reported by the ship SS Westpool in an unknown location in the North Atlantic (could be same system as 2 December 1929).	925.5

1933, 3 January	Reykjavik, Iceland	Onshore reading of a low thought to be filling. 931.4 hPa recorded at Akureyri, the lowest pressure measured there.	927.2

1945, 19 December	Between Iceland and Ireland	Lowest onshore measurement reported from Valentia, Ireland at 948.6 hPa, estimated central minimum of 927 hPa.	927

1949, 25 January	Dalatangi lighthouse, Mjóifjörður, east Iceland	Onshore report of 941 hPa with a central pressure offshore thought to be 940 hPa.	940

1952, 27 October	53° N, 18.5° W	A vigorous development deepened around to a proposed low of 922 hPa, though the contemporary reports suggest 935–936 hPa as a more probable value.	935.5

1962, 16 January	56° N, 19° W Ocean Weather ship 'Lima'	931.1

1962, 13 February	Vidzeme Upland, Latvia	932.9

1963, 19 October	Iceland	Onshire reading 938.4 hPa at Stórhöfði	935

1972, 7 January	Near Ocean Weather ship Charlie	935

1974, 10–11 January	56° N, 22.5° W	North west of Ireland, Met Éireann estimated the low deepened to a low of 936 hPa at 57° N, 21° W.	934

1982, 8 February	SW Iceland	~932. 934 hPa in Daily Weather Report.	932

1982, 16 December	Väike-Maarja, Estonia	16 December an extreme low airpressure was identified in Sweden, centred on Sundsvall where recording instruments showed 939 hPa, nearly equalling the Swedish national record.	936.0

1982, 19–20 December	58.5° N, 15° W	The 20th Century low pressure record onshore in the UK occurred on 20 December 1982 at Sule Skerry dropping as low as 936 hPa.	931

1983, 5 January	South of Iceland,	929.9 hPa reported from Stórhöfði, Vestmannaeyjar. Could be the same low as mentioned in January 1983 by Brown (1995) at ~932 hPa.	930

1983, 26 December	South east of Greenland	936

1986, 14–15 December	61° N, 32° W	The ship Uyir measured a pressure of 920.2 hPa south east of Greenland on December 15, 1986. The Met Office estimated a central pressure of 916 hPa.	916

1989, 4–5 January	Offshore Nova Scotia	"ERICA IOP4 storm" post-analysis suggested that the pressure fell to a possible low of to 928 hPa. This was the lowest pressure ever observed in an Atlantic extratropical cyclone south of 40 degrees latitude in the 20th century.	936

1989, 15 February	Ocean weather station Mike, Norwegian sea 66° N, 2° E	Pressure likely to have dropped to 935.5 hPa, as the recorder was not able to print the lowest pressure.	937.1

1989, 29 October	CFS reanalysis chart	926

1989, 24 December	South west of Iceland	Estimated at a little below 920 hPa. 929.5 hPa reported from Stórhöfði, Vestmannaeyjar.	920

1990, 1 March	Finland	This value is not reported by the Finnish Meteorological Institute.	939.7

1992, 2 March	Offshore of Newfoundland	926

1992, 23 November	Offshore SE Iceland	938

1992, 29 November	East of Cape Farewell, Greenland lee low	936

1993, 10 January	62° N, 15° W North Atlantic west of Faroe Islands	Braer storm was the deepest cyclone on record for the North Atlantic, and very probably for any temperate latitude 912–915 hPa.	914

1999, 15–16 January	South of Iceland	Ship Dettifoss (P3BK4) reported 928 hPa.	926

1999, 25 December	Between Scotland and Norway	A Central Forecasting Office, Bracknell analysis gave a lowest pressure of 938 hPa, based on reported pressures of 940 hPa over the North Sea.	938

1999, 31 December	59° N, 35° W	Formation of two sub 940 lows in 1999 book-ended the destructive Cyclone Lothar and Martin in Europe.	929

2003, 8 March	Central Atlantic	Named "Gordian" by the Free University of Berlin, analysed by them to have deepened below 940 hPa.	924

2006, 10 December	62° N, 37° W	Named "Xynthia" by the Free University of Berlin, who estimated central pressure below 930 hPa.	928

2009, 23 January	Between Iceland and Scotland	Named "Hans" by the Free University of Berlin.	938

2011, 10 February	56° N, 32° W	Named "Paolini" by the Free University of Berlin.	935

2013, 26 January	Named "Jolle" by Free University of Berlin	932

2013, 24 December	Cyclone Dirk, this was the lowest barometric pressure observed at any site in the British Isles, and the deepest depression to pass close to the British Isles, since 8 December 1886, 936.4 hPa at Stornoway was reported on minute observations at 12:29, with 936.8 hPa recorded at the 13:00 hourly observation.	927

2014, 5 January	51° N, 36° W	Christina	934

2015, 5 December	South of Iceland	Desmond	939

2015, 29 December	South east of Iceland	Frank/Eckhardt.	928

2016, 21 December	SW of Jan Mayen (70° N, 13° W)	Named Zarina by FUB. Low mimima likely over Arctic Ocean. ECMWF model estimated low down to 937 hPa.	940

2017, 6 February	54° N, 30° W	Named Niklas by FUB, UKMO chart down to 929 hPa, NWSOPC 932 hPa, DMI 935 hPa.	932

2017, 25 February	Between Greenland and Iceland	Named Udo by FUB, 938 hPa UKMO analysis chart 06 UTC 25 Feb 2017.	939

2018, 14 January	Close to Jan Mayen	Named Evi by FUB, 935 hPa 1800 UTC 14 Jan 2018 UKMO Analysis chart,	935

2018, 12 October	West of Ireland	Named Callum by UK and Irish Met Offices, Nevine by FUB, 938 hPa 0000 UTC 12 Oct 2018. Met Éireann forecasters commentary gave a value as low as 936 hPa.	938

2019, 20 February	53° N, 33° W	Named Julia by the Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera. NWS OPC analysis 934 hPa.[1]. UKMO 936 hPa.	934

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On 14–15 December 1986, the atmospheric pressure recorded in Europe was 916 hPa.

final_sentence: On 14–15 December 1986, the atmospheric pressure recorded in Europe was 916 hPa.