Great Storm of 1987

1987 October storm in Western Europe
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Great Storm of 1987

Summary

Great Storm of 1987 is a European windstorm[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of european_windstorm entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (290 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Storm of 1987's image is recorded as Tempête Europe 1987.jpg[3].
  • Great Storm of 1987's image is recorded as The collapsed St Leonard's Windmill, Winchelsea - geograph.org.uk - 1198232.jpg[4].
  • Great Storm of 1987's image is recorded as Menez-Gwen, Pleyben , après l'ouragan de 1987 - After the hurricane, 1987 (Oct. 17, 1987) - panoramio.jpg[5].
  • Great Storm of 1987's instance of is recorded as European windstorm[6].
  • Great Storm of 1987's instance of is recorded as storm[7].
  • Great Storm of 1987's locator map image is recorded as Great storm of 1987.svg[8].
  • Great Storm of 1987's Commons category is recorded as Great Storm of 1987[9].
  • Great Storm of 1987's start time is recorded as +1987-10-15T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Great Storm of 1987's point in time is recorded as +1987-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Great Storm of 1987's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03qbkp[12].
  • Great Storm of 1987's BBC Things ID is recorded as ef886a90-f43e-4cb3-b57e-d5d3c9de6ed9[13].

Why It Matters

Great Storm of 1987 ranks in the top 4% of european_windstorm entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (290 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . meteosuisse.admin.ch. meteosuisse.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_great-storm-of-1987_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Great Storm of 1987}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/great-storm-of-1987}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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