High Wind, Northern Oregon Coast
- When
- December 9, 12:00 AM PST to December 10, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
High Wind in Oregon, December 9 to 10, 1996
High winds struck the Oregon Coast with 68 mph gusts at Sea Lion Caves and a gust to 59 mph at Cannon Beach.
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 struck the Oregon Coast with 68 mph gusts at Sea Lion Caves and a gust to 59 mph at Cannon Beach.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Oregon Coast
- When
- December 9, 12:00 AM PST to December 10, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 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
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- High Wind in Alaska, December 9 to 14, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Utah, December 9 to 11, 1996
- High Wind in California, December 9, 1996
- High Wind in California, December 9, 1996
- High Wind in California, December 9, 1996
- Heavy Snow in California, December 9, 1996
- Heavy Snow in California, December 9 to 10, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, December 9, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, December 9, 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: 5575745, 5575746.