an extratropical cyclone, its wind field was neither as compact nor as strong as a tropical cyclone, though its wind field was significantly larger. All-time record-low land-based pressures (up to 1962) included at Astoria, at Hoquiam, Washington, and at North Bend, Oregon. The Astoria and Hoquiam records were broken by a major storm on December 12, 1995 (which measured at Astoria); however, this event did not generate winds as intense as the Columbus Day Storm of 1962. Wind speed highlights The peak winds were felt as the storm passed close by on October 12. At Oregon's Cape Blanco, an anemometer that lost one of its cups registered wind gusts in excess of ; some reports put the peak velocity at . The north Oregon coast Mt. Hebo radar station reported winds of . At the Naselle Radar Station in the Willapa Hills of southwest Washington, a wind gust of was observed. In Salem, Oregon, a wind gust of was observed. At Corvallis, Oregon, an inland location in the Willamette Valley, one-minute average winds reached , with a gust to , before the station was abandoned due to "power failure and instruments demolished". Observations at the weather station resumed the next day. About to the north, at Portland, Oregon's major metropolitan area, measured wind gusts reached at the Morrison Street Bridge in downtown Portland. A peak gust of was observed in Vancouver, Washington at Pearson Field, around to the north of downtown Portland. Many anemometers, official and unofficial, within the heavily stricken area of northwestern Oregon and southwest Washington were damaged or destroyed before winds attained maximum velocity. For example, the wind gauge atop the downtown Portland studios of KGW radio and TV recorded two gusts of , just before flying debris knocked the gauge off-line shortly after 5 p.m. For the Willamette Valley, the lowest peak gust officially measured was at Eugene. This value, however, is higher than the maximum peak gust generated by any other Willamette Valley windstorm in the 1948–2010 period. In the interior of western Washington, officially measured wind gusts included at Olympia, at McChord Air Force Base, at Renton at and at Bellingham. In the city of Seattle, a peak wind speed of was recorded; this suggests gusts of at least . Damaging winds reached as far inland as Spokane. Wind gusts of , the National Weather Service minimum for "High Wind Criteria," or higher were