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Here are some of the peak wind gusts in Colorado from Wednesday’s wind storm

A mid-December wind storm pushed into Colorado on Wednesday, prompting power outages, school and business closures and traffic impacts for most of the day.

Winds blew steadily between 25-35 mph, but some gusts pushed over 100 mph in Colorado’s high country.

The wind began picking up speed in the late morning/early afternoon in the foothills west of Denver, Boulder and Loveland, fueled by a passing cold front north of Colorado.

Here are some Colorado locations where wind gusts were reported from the National Weather Service:

  • Peak 6 at Breckenridge: 124 mph
  • Parsenn Bowl summit at Winter Park: 124 mph
  • Dillon: 110 mph
  • Marshall: 109 mph
  • NCAR Mesa Laboratory in south Boulder: 109 mph
  • Winter Park: 103 mph
  • Rocky Flats: 102 mph
  • Berthoud Pass: 102 mph
  • West Arvada: 93 mph
  • Boulder: 91 mph
  • Boulder Airport: 87 mph
  • Dakota Hill: 87 mph
  • Pikes Peak: 86 mph
  • Crisman: 86 mph
  • Broomfield: 83 mph
  • Monarch Pass: 82 mph
  • Loveland Pass: 80 mph
  • Canon City: 73 mph
  • Lyons: 72 mph
  • White Ranch Open Space: 70 mph
  • Pinewood Springs: 69 mph
  • Julesburg: 68 mph
  • Spanish Peaks: 68 mph
  • Cottonwood Pass: 66 mph
  • Buckeye: 64 mph
  • Denver International Airport: 63 mph
  • Leadville: 62 mph
  • Walsenburg: 62 mph
  • Estes Park: 53 mph
  • Red Feather Lakes: 51 mph
  • Chatfield Reservoir: 50 mph
  • Salida: 49 mph
  • Monument: 48 mph
  • Parker: 48 mph
  • Limon: 47 mph
  • Meeker: 47 mph
  • Fort Collins CSU campus: 46 mph
  • Empower Field at Mile High: 45 mph
  • Colorado Springs Airport: 45 mph
  • Springfield: 43 mph
  • Jefferson County Courthouse: 42 mph
  • Gunnison: 40 mph
  • Pueblo West: 40 mph
  • Weld County airport Greeley: 40 mph
  • Downtown Longmont: 27 mph


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