High Wind, C Ventura
- When
- October 25, 2:00 AM PST to October 26, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- C Ventura forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
High Wind in California, October 25 to 26, 1997
Strong high pressure, building into the Great Basin, produced strong Santa Ana winds across Los Angeles and Ventura counties. In the mountains, northeast winds through passes and canyons were 40 to 50 mph with gusts up to 75 mph.
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. In the mountains, northeast winds through passes and canyons were 40 to 50 mph with gusts up to 75 mph. In the valleys, below passes and canyons, northeast winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 50 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 25, 2:00 AM PST to October 26, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- C Los Angeles forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
High Wind, N Los Angeles T X N
- When
- October 25, 2:00 AM PST to October 26, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- N Los Angeles T X N forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
High Wind, N Ventura
- When
- October 25, 2:00 AM PST to October 26, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- N Ventura forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
High Wind, S Ventura T X S
- When
- October 25, 2:00 AM PST to October 26, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- S Ventura T X S forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
High Wind, X Sw Los Angeles
- When
- October 25, 2:00 AM PST to October 26, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- X Sw Los Angeles forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 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
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Oklahoma, October 25, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nebraska, October 25 to 26, 1997
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, October 25 to 26, 1997
- Blizzard in Colorado, October 25 to 26, 1997
- Blizzard in Kansas, October 25 to 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, October 25 to 26, 1997
- Winter Storm in Kansas, October 25 to 26, 1997
- Tornado in Mississippi, October 25, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, October 25, 1997
- Tornadoes in Alabama, October 25, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, October 25, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, October 25, 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: 5616392, 5616393, 5616394, 5616395, 5616498, 5616499.