High Wind, Santa Clara
- When
- November 29, 10:00 PM PST to November 30, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Santa Clara forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in California, November 29 to 30, 1998
6 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1.8 million
- 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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Alameda / Contra Costa
- When
- November 30, 2:00 AM PST to 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- Alameda / Contra Costa forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Sonoma / Marin
- When
- November 30, 6:00 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- Sonoma / Marin forecast zone
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Property damage
- $1.3 million
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, San Mateo
- When
- November 30, 8:00 AM PST to 9:56 AM PST
- Where
- San Mateo forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, San Francisco
- When
- November 30, 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- San Francisco forecast zone
- Measured
- 41 kt (47 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- METEOROLOGIST(NON NWS)
- Coordinates
- 37.778, -122.442 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Monterey T X W / San Benito
- When
- November 30, 11:00 AM PST to 11:11 AM PST
- Where
- Monterey T X W / San Benito forecast zone
- Measured
- 49 kt (56 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, November 29 to 30, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, November 29, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, November 29, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, November 29 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, November 29, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, November 29, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, November 29, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, November 29, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, November 29, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, November 29 to 30, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, November 29 to 30, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, November 29 to 30, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, November 1998
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: 5674776, 5674772, 5674773, 5674775, 5674774, 5674777.