It sounds like the chronicle is mixing the raw fury of a real storm with a mythic explanation, so a good first step is to separate the concrete details from the metaphorical ones. Look at any dated entries, wind speed measurements, and descriptions of physical damage—those are the historical facts. Then identify any passages that reference a dragon, tantrums, or supernatural rage; those are the poetic flourishes meant to capture the storm’s spirit rather than its physics. By aligning the numeric data with the symbolic language, you can see which gusts were truly the work of the weather and which were the chronicle’s way of telling a story.

Sure, I’ll go through the parchment and pull out the dates, barometer readings, and the list of roofs that fell. When I spot a typo tucked in the margin, I’ll point it out with a little grin.