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downburst

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downburst

Summary

downburst ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • downburst is a type of Q15809262[2].
  • downburst is a type of downdraft[3].
  • downburst is a type of extreme weather[4].
  • downburst's Commons category is recorded as Downbursts[5].
  • downburst's Commons gallery is recorded as Downburst[6].
  • downburst's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Information integrity on extreme weather events[7].
  • downburst's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include Q15809262[2], downdraft[3], and extreme weather[4].

Why It Matters

downburst ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month).[1] downburst has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] downburst is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . preventionweb.net. Retrieved . preventionweb.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . preventionweb.net. Retrieved . preventionweb.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). downburst. Retrieved October 4, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/downburst
MLA “downburst.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 4 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/downburst.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_downburst_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{downburst}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/downburst}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-04}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4h ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Environment ontology id → 01001751
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'f
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3859]]: 01001751, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143356345|downburst (#143356345)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Environment Ontology "
  2. 13w ago · Rémih · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → East Paris storm @ Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine r
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: East Paris storm @ Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine roof 01.jpg"
  3. 17w ago · EPorto (WMB) · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Information integrity on extreme weather events
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/34829|batch #34829]]"
  4. 22w ago · Nat (WDU) · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Q15809262, downdraft, extreme weather
    Aliases → —
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Fluid dynamics
    Undrr-isc hazard information profile id → MH0101
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/29431|batch #29431]]: UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profile ID for extreme weather events"
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