Wind Speeds In Orange County: How Windy Was It

ORANGE COUNTY, CA — From the peaks of the Santa Ana Mountains to the foothills below, wind gusts were recorded upwards of 65 miles per hour in some cases late Thursday and into Friday morning.

The strongest gusts were seen Thursday night, atop the Santa Ana mountains, and in Fremont Canyon and Pleasants Peak, at 65 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service.

Dove Canyon saw gusts of 43 miles per hour at 6 a.m. Friday and Los Alamitos Airfield saw gusts of 31 miles per hour at just before 9 a.m.

Winds were expected to continue dying down as the Santa Ana event draws to a close, Saturday morning.

Location Speed Time/Date
...Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills...

• Fremont Canyon 65 miles per hour 7:51 p.m. Thursday
• Pleasants Peak 65 miles per hour 10 a.m. Thursday
• El Cariso 38 miles per hour 9:20 a.m. Thursday
• Santiago Peak 38 miles per hour 10:15 p.m. Thursday
• Santiago Peak 3 38 miles per hour 10:15 p.m. Thursday
• Trabuco Canyon 2 37 miles per hour 12:40 a.m. Friday
• Case Springs 36 miles per hour 12:22 a.m. Friday
• Temescal 36 miles per hour 1:41 p.m. Thursday
• Ortega Hwy 35 miles per hour 9:50 p.m. Thursday
• Santa Rosa Plateau 31 miles per hour 8:54 p.m. Thursday

...Orange County Inland...

• Orange 46 miles per hour 12:40 a.m. Friday
• Carbon Canyon 45 miles per hour 1:30 a.m. Friday
• Dove Canyon 43 miles per hour 12:50 a.m. Friday
• Villa Park Da.m. 42 miles per hour 6 a.m. Friday
• Santiago Canyon Road 41 miles per hour 7:10 p.m. Thursday
• Santiago Canyon 2 41 miles per hour 1:20 a.m. Friday
• Trabuco Canyon 40 miles per hour 10:50 p.m. Thursday
• Orchard Hills 39 miles per hour 11:50 p.m. Thursday
• Cerro Villa Heights 38 miles per hour 9:10 p.m. Thursday
• Hicks Canyon 38 miles per hour 8:10 a.m. Friday
• Silverado Canyon 1 37 miles per hour 7 p.m. Thursday
• Fullerton Airport 36 miles per hour 9:21 a.m. Friday
• Bee Canyon 36 miles per hour 10:30 p.m. Thursday
• Portola Springs 36 miles per hour 1:10 a.m. Friday
• Yorba Linda 8 35 miles per hour 7:15 a.m. Friday
• Bell Canyon RAWS 33 miles per hour 1051 a.m. Friday
• Santiago Canyon 33 miles per hour 7:30 a.m. Friday
• Peters Canyon 33 miles per hour 1:40 a.m. Friday
• Los Ala.m.itos Airfield 31 miles per hour 8:16 a.m. Friday
• Gypsum Canyon 31 miles per hour 2:50 a.m. Friday
• Yorba Linda 4 30 miles per hour 11:10 a.m. Friday
• Brea Canyon 30 miles per hour 9:20 a.m. Friday