Saturday 6 April 2024

How loud is the storm?

I've posted about the sound spectrum of the wind in this big tree but now I've got a dB meter. We were sat in the greenhouse sheltering from the wind and Storm Kathleen was raging. Peak volume from the tree was over 80dB. Some sources have that as being "busy traffic", which seems about right.
There were quiet lulls as well. Interesting to note that these lasted about 5 seconds.