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In October 1962, wind gusts at Newport reached 138 miles per hour (222 km/h) before the wind gauge stopped working. This occurred during the Columbus Day Windstorm , which the National Weather Service has named one of Oregon's top 10 weather events of the 20th century.
[7] In Salem, Oregon, a wind gust of 90 mph (140 km/h) was observed. [7] At Corvallis, Oregon, an inland location in the Willamette Valley, one-minute average winds reached 69 miles per hour (111 km/h), with a gust to 127 mph (204 km/h), before the station was abandoned due to "power failure and instruments demolished". Observations at the ...
In the United States, the wind speed used in design is often referred to as a "3-second gust", which is the highest sustained gust over a 3-second period having a probability of being exceeded per year of 1 in 50 (ASCE 7-05, updated to ASCE 7-16). [18] This design wind speed is accepted by most building codes in the United States and often ...
The highest wind speed in Oregon, 73 miles per hour, was recorded at the Yaquina Bay Bridge in Newport. Corbett, Eugene, and Florence recorded peak gusts of 50, 52, and 67 miles per hour (80, 84, and 108 km/h), respectively. Winds of 45 miles per hour (72 km/h) were recorded at Portland International Airport. [29]
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Oregon ranks among the top ten states with the most wind power installed. Climbing from 1 percent in the early 2000s (decade), wind power accounted for 12.4 percent of total electricity generated in Oregon during 2013. [11] [12] In 2009, 691 MW of wind-powered capacity was added in Oregon, the fourth biggest increase in the U.S. that year. [13]
If the permitting process goes according to plan, Revolution Wind’s 100 turbines will be up and running by 2025, with hundreds more to follow. How a 100-turbine wind farm is about to change ...
Map of Lincoln County. Lincoln County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, its population was 50,395. [1] The county seat is Newport. [2] The county is named for Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States. [3] Lincoln County includes the Newport, Oregon Micropolitan Statistical Area.