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High Wind in Lower Columbia Basin, Washington

High Wind February 1, 2025 – February 23, 2025 · Lower Columbia Basin, Washington

60 mph

Measured gust (52 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Sites a part of the Hanford Site Mesonet (Gable West and the Emergency Operations Center) recorded max wind gusts of 60 and 59 mph, respectively.

The wider storm

A warm front sweeping through the Pacific Northwest led to strong wind gusts across the Columbia Basin during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 23rd. The strongest wind gusts were recorded in the lower Columbia Basin of Washington in particular.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1235554. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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