High Wind, C Ventura
- When
- October 12, 2:30 PM PST to October 14, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- C Ventura forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
High Wind in California, October 12 to 14, 1997
Strong high pressure, building into the Great Basin, produced strong Santa Ana winds across Los Angeles and Ventura counties. The strongest winds occurred below and through passes and canyons.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 LOX wrote it up.
Strong high pressure, building into the Great Basin, produced strong Santa Ana winds across Los Angeles and Ventura counties. The strongest winds occurred below and through passes and canyons. Northeast winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 60 mph were common. No significant damage was reported.
Event by event
6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, C Los Angeles
- When
- October 12, 2:30 PM PST to October 14, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- C Los Angeles forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
High Wind, N Los Angeles T X N
- When
- October 12, 2:30 PM PST to October 14, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- N Los Angeles T X N forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
High Wind, N Ventura
- When
- October 12, 2:30 PM PST to October 14, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- N Ventura forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
High Wind, S Ventura T X S
- When
- October 12, 2:30 PM PST to October 14, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- S Ventura T X S forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
High Wind, X Sw Los Angeles
- When
- October 12, 2:30 PM PST to October 14, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- X Sw Los Angeles forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 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
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, October 12, 1997
- High Wind in South Dakota, October 12 to 13, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, October 12, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, October 12, 1997
- Heat in Wisconsin, October 12, 1997
- High Wind in Nebraska, October 12, 1997
- Waterspout in U.S. Virgin Islands, October 12, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, October 12, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, October 12, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, October 12, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, October 12, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, October 12, 1997
More
Every storm in California in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in California, October 1997
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5616386, 5616387, 5616388, 5616389, 5616390, 5616391.