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Orange County Wind Gust Totals: How Windy Was It This Week?
Winds blew at a near hurricane force over the past 24 hours in parts of Orange County. Here are your most recent Santa Ana wind gust speeds.
ORANGE COUNTY, CA — The recent Santa Ana wind event brought some of the strongest breezes to Orange County in over 10 years, officials say. Orange County's Fremont Canyon saw the strongest wind gusts, hitting 73 miles per hour on Wednesday morning, just shy of a hurricane force wind, according to the National Weather Service.
Air quality in the Orange County region remained at moderate throughout Thursday for inland Orange County.
The Red Flag Warning remains in effect through 6 p.m. Thursday, NWS spokesperson Andrew Tardy said. Winds will weaken but continue from the east to northeast through Sunday. Humidity values will stay low until the winds shift onshore Sunday.
Here are your most recent wind gust totals for Orange County.
| Location Speed Time/Date Elevation (ft.) |
| ...Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills... |
| Fremont Canyon 73 m.p.h. 9:51 a.m. Wednesday, 1,780 ft. |
| Case Springs 44 m.p.h. 12:22 p.m. Wednesday, 2316 ft. |
| El Cariso 42 m.p.h. 10:20 a.m. Wednesday, 2732 ft. |
| Santiago Peak 37 m.p.h. 11:50 p.m. Wednesday, 5690 ft. |
| Santiago Peak 3 37 m.p.h. 11:50 p.m. Wednesday, 4135 ft. |
| Santa Rosa Plateau 35 m.p.h. 11:54 a.m. Wednesday, 1986 ft. |
| ...Orange County Inland... |
| Dove Canyon (SCE) 51 m.p.h. 6 a.m. Wednesday, 1379 ft. |
| Bell Canyon RAWS 48 m.p.h. 10:51 a.m. Wednesday, 792 ft. |
| Carbon Canyon (SCE) 47 m.p.h. 11:40 a.m. Wednesday, 1122 ft. |
| Silverado Canyon (SCE) 45 m.p.h. 6:40 a.m. Wednesday, 1150 ft. |
| Trabuco Canyon (SCE) 43 m.p.h. 10:50 a.m. Wednesday, 1127 ft. |
| Santiago Canyon (SCE) 43 m.p.h. 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, 394 ft. |
| East Orange (SCE) 43 m.p.h. 7:10 a.m. Wednesday, 612 ft. |
| Little Joaquin Valley (SCE) 43 m.p.h. 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, 493 ft. |
| Fullerton 2 42 m.p.h. 10:23 a.m. Wednesday, 247 ft. |
| Black Start Canyon (SCE) 42 m.p.h. 9 a.m. Wednesday, 975 ft. |
| Villa Park Dam (SCE) 42 m.p.h. 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, 601 ft. |
| Fullerton Airport 41 m.p.h. 12:20 p.m. Wednesday, 90 ft. |
| Cerro Villa Heights (SCE) 41 m.p.h. 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, 549 ft. |
| Bee Canyon (SCE) 41 m.p.h. 9:20 a.m. Wednesday, 780 ft. |
| Hicks Canyon (SCE) 41 m.p.h. 9:50 a.m. Wednesday, 410 ft. |
| Ortega (SDGE) 40 m.p.h. 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, 1123 ft. |
| Los Alamitos Airfield 39 m.p.h. 7:58 a.m. Wednesday, 25 ft. |
| Brea Canyon (SCE) 39 m.p.h. 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, 450 ft. |
| Irvine (SCE) 39 m.p.h. 8 a.m. Wednesday, 410 ft. |
| Yorba Linda 8 38 m.p.h. 11 p.m. Wednesday, 1033 ft. |
| Santiago Canyon (SCE) 38 m.p.h. 10:50 p.m. Wednesday, 1140 ft. |
| Peters Canyon (SCE) 38 m.p.h. 8 a.m. Wednesday, 392 ft. |
| Santiago Canyon (SCE) 37 m.p.h. 5 a.m. Wednesday, 830 ft. |
| Gypsum Canyon (SCE) 37 m.p.h. 7:10 a.m. Wednesday, 403 ft. |
| Placentia 35 m.p.h. 11:10 a.m. Wednesday, 344 ft. |
| Foothill Ranch 35 m.p.h. 5:12 a.m. Wednesday, 970 ft. |
| Olinda Village (SCE) 35 m.p.h. 9:50 a.m. Wednesday, 674 ft. |
The Red Flag Warning remains in effect through 6 PM today. Winds will weaken but continue from the east to northeast through Sunday. Humidity values will stay low until the winds shift onshore Sunday. #cawx pic.twitter.com/RETU0qQBLb
— NWS San Diego (@NWSSanDiego) October 31, 2019
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