High Wind, Northern Oregon Coast
- When
- January 18, 5:00 AM PST to 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 86 kt (99 mph)
High Wind in Oregon, January 18, 1996
A moderately strong low pressure system moves to near Astoria by the evening of the 18th. Strong winds begin on the coast during the morning of the 18th and continue through the evening.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
A moderately strong low pressure system moves to near Astoria by the evening of the 18th. Strong winds begin on the coast during the morning of the 18th and continue through the evening. Oceanside had gusts to 99 mph, Newport gusts to 95 mph, Waldport gusts of 70-80 mph, Tillamook gusts to 73 mph, Netarts gusted to 72 mph and Sea Lion Caves gusted to 69 mph.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Oregon Coast
- When
- January 18, 5:00 AM PST to 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 83 kt (96 mph)
High Wind, Coast Range of Nw Oregon
- When
- January 18, 5:00 AM PST to 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Coast Range of Nw Oregon forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 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
- Cold in Oklahoma, January 18 to 20, 1996
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 18, 1996
- High Wind in Indiana, January 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, January 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, January 18, 1996
- High Wind in Alabama, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 18, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 18, 1996
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, January 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: 5560832, 5560833, 5560834.