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On 9-10 January 3 severe storm cyclones hit north-western Europe. The first (named Elon -DE, Dagmar - DK) hit Scotland early on Friday 9 January with mean wind of 46 m/s and wind gusts up to 63 m/s in Cairngorm and later hit Denmark and Germany. The second one (named Nina in Norway- NO and Felix -DE) hit the Norwegian west coast on Saturday 10 January with hurricane force on 5 stations ( http://artikkel.yr.no/sa-sint-var-nina-1.12143639) and a maximum mean wind of 37 38 m/s on Eigerøya (gusts of 46 m/s). A third cyclone formed south of Nina in lee southern Norway (named Egon in Sweden) and caused hurricane wind gusts in southern Sweden and heavy snowfall further north. The wind also led to elevated sea-levels along the Norwegian, Danish and Swedish coasts.In Limfjorden, Denmark the sea level reached 195 cm, breaking the old record of 181 cm.