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The coldest temperature was -13C (8.6F) at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands on 8 January, while the strongest gust of wind was 165mph (265.5kph), recorded at the highest point of the Cairngorms mountain range on 8 December.
BBC: 2011 is UK's second warmest year on record - Met Office
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The buildings department said a high gust of wind was likely in part to blame, although the crane should have been designed to withstand the 80 to 100 mile per hour winds during the storm.
WSJ: Broken Crane Looms Over Neighborhood
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There was another long delay on the par-3 16th after a gust of wind dunked Manassero's tee shot in the water.
NPR: Even With 1-Stroke Penalty, 14-Year-Old Makes Cut
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It reappeared shortly afterward, on the opposite side of the city, popping out from behind a cloud, bathing Harlem and the East River in a chalky light, and, as though caught by a gust of wind, it rolled toward the Bronx.
NEWYORKER: The Daughters of the Moon
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The destructive and deadly wind gust on Saturday evening in Indianapolis was no chance occurrence.
FORBES: Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse, a Youth Softball Siren, and Respecting the Weather
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Average wind speeds Wednesday night were around 20 mph, though a weather station in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Los Angeles recorded a 101 mph gust at around midnight.
WSJ: Fierce Winds Batter California
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But if a big gust of wind pushes the ship too far to the left, the solution is not to figure out a way to generate an equally-sized gust of wind to push the ship back in the other direction.
FORBES: Ben Bernanke Is Steering Us Off Course
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One gust in New York reached 31 mph, and gusts could become stronger as the night progressed, she said.
CNN: Storms snarl traffic, batter Midwest and Northeast
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The man in his 30s came out of water at Shore Road beach, Poole, when a gust of wind caught his kite and dragged him 30m (100ft) to the promenade.
BBC: Lifeguards attend injured kite surfer
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But in the short run her unpompous, down-to-earth, jargon-free directness should bring a gust of fresh air to the stale, grey-suited, male-dominated, wheeler-dealing atmosphere of German politics.
ECONOMIST: Angela Merkel, Germany��s new-look conservative