High Wind in Washington, January 18, 1997

Name: High Wind in Washington, January 18, 1997
Start: 1997-01-18T11:00
End: 1997-01-18T20:00
Location: Washington

January 18, 1997 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A Pacific weather system produced sustained winds of 43 mph along the Southwest Washington Coast at Cape Disappointment.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 weather system produced sustained winds of 43 mph along the Southwest Washington Coast at Cape Disappointment.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, South Coast

When: January 18, 11:00 AM PST to 8:00 PM PST
Where: South Coast forecast zone
Measured: 37 kt (43 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

High Wind in Montana, January 18, 199755 kt wind · 1 event

Every storm in Washington in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Washington, January 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5585758.