Storm Ulysses

In England the wind derailed a train in Cumbria, injuring 37 people, and damaged Morecambe's West End Pier.

[2] Storm Ulysses had its origin in a belt of high pressure arising from a warm anticyclone centred over the eastern United States.

[3] Storm Ulysses first affected Ireland on 26 February 1903, with winds reaching hurricane speeds (74–94 miles per hour, 33–42 m/s).

At Leven Viaduct near Ulverston, Cumbria, the 10-car passenger and mail train from Carnforth to Barrow-in-Furness was overturned by winds at around 5:30 am after having been halted by damage caused by fallen telegraph cables.

[1][5][9] In the novel the character J. J. O'Molloy recounts that "Lady Dudley was walking home through the park to see all the trees that were blown down by that cyclone last year and thought she'd buy a view of Dublin".

[3] Digitisation of contemporary records in the late 2010s allowed the Met Office to reassess its modelling of the storm.

[8] A 2023 review of the data, following additional digitisation of weather records from across the British Isles, led Professor Ed Hawkins of the University of Reading and the National Centre for Atmospheric Science to conclude "it is likely that the winds were stronger in some locations than anything in the modern period 1950–2015".