High Wind, Central Oregon Coast
- When
- January 20, 12:00 PM PST to January 21, 6:00 AM PST
- Where
- Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
High Wind in Oregon, January 20 to 21, 1996
A Pacific storm system spreads strong winds to portions of the Oregon coast. Sea Lion Caves has wind gusts to 60 mph, with sustained winds of 52 mph at Chetco and 45 mph at Cape Arago.
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.
A Pacific storm system spreads strong winds to portions of the Oregon coast. Sea Lion Caves has wind gusts to 60 mph, with sustained winds of 52 mph at Chetco and 45 mph at Cape Arago.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Coast Range of Nw Oregon
- When
- January 20, 12:00 PM PST to January 21, 6:00 AM PST
- Where
- Coast Range of Nw Oregon forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 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
- Flood in District of Columbia, January 20 to 23, 1996
- Flooding in Ohio, January 20 to 22, 1996
- Flooding in West Virginia, January 20 to 22, 1996
- Flooding in Kentucky, January 20 to 23, 1996
- Flood in Maryland, January 20 to 22, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 20 to 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 20 to 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 20 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, January 20 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, January 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, January 20 to 21, 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: 5560839, 5560840.