July, 2013 - as good as it gets in the Gorge

hoodriverjim · Joined: 23 Jul 1998 Posts: 4

Wow. Any data geeks out there who'd like to nominate a month/year that rivaled this recently departed July for the number of days of wind? In my 16 years in the gorge, I'd say July 2013 was as good as it gets.

windfind · Joined: 18 Mar 1997 Posts: 817

You can find all that data in the iwindsurf.com archives but a glance at the data below suggests you are right at least comparing 2013 with 2012

Mike Godsey
iwindsurf.com

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 15008

Maybe that contributed to a local sail loft's best July sales in a decade, including dozens of disgruntled ex-kiters returning to their roots.

wendywindle · Joined: 02 Jun 2000 Posts: 22

Ahhhh, July in the Gorge. Came home to HR (temporarily living in SF bay) for the month of July. Sailed 22 out of the 25 days I was there. All but two of those days were sailed on 3.7 or 3.2. Sigh... I miss home.

@ Isobars - Yes, I had heard the same thing (from a certain local sail loft) that many kiters were coming back to their roots last month!