High Wind, North Coast Interior
- When
- December 30, 3:00 AM PST to 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- North Coast Interior forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
High winds once again fell numerous trees and power lines. Some peak gusts: 60 mph 8N Laytonville, 55 mph Maple Creek.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS EKA wrote it up.
High winds once again fell numerous trees and power lines. Some peak gusts: 60 mph 8N Laytonville, 55 mph Maple Creek.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 1996
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5582729.