Christmas Day High Wind Event across the Foothills and adjacent Plains

High Winds developed in and near the Foothills late Christmas morning and continued into Christmas Evening. In addition there were strong winds across portions of northeast Colorado Christmas afternoon with a few inches of snow as well. Wind gusts in the Foothills exceeded 100 mph in a few places with several reports ranging from 70 to 90 mph. The winds also spread across western portions of the Denver metro area where a few gusts from 60 to 80 mph occurred.



The graph below shows winds gusted as high as 110 mph near Gold Hill in Boulder County late in the afternoon.



A chart of Wind Gusts at the NCAR Mesa Lab in Boulder showed winds reached 90 mph.

Listed below are some of the highest gusts reported by automated wind sensors across the area on Christmas Day.