California, 2004

High Wind in California, October 19, 2004

October 19, 2004 · NWS MTR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A powerful winter storm produced a 73 mph wind gust at the Los Gatos Raws site in Santa Clara County.

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 MTR wrote it up.

A powerful winter storm produced a 73 mph wind gust at the Los Gatos Raws site in Santa Clara County.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Santa Clara

When
October 19, 7:00 AM PST to 7:05 AM PST
Where
Santa Clara forecast zone
Measured
73 kt (84 mph) measured gust
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

More

Every storm in California in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in California, October 2004

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: 5427654.