High Wind, Northern Oregon Coast
- When
- December 28, 6:00 PM PST to 11:55 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
High Wind in Oregon, December 28, 1996
High winds buffeted the Oregon coast with winds gusting to 58 mph at Sea Lion Caves and 60 mph at Astoria.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.
High winds buffeted the Oregon coast with winds gusting to 58 mph at Sea Lion Caves and 60 mph at Astoria.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Oregon Coast
- When
- December 28, 6:00 PM PST to 11:55 PM PST
- Where
- Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 28 to 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 28 to 29, 1996
- Dense Fog in Florida, December 28, 1996
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 28 to 29, 1996
- Winter Storm in Idaho, December 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 28, 1996
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, December 1996
Sources
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: 5575756, 5575757.