Data: Fastest wind gusts reported across Colorado this weekend
DENVER (KDVR) — High winds disrupted weekend plans across the state, with powerful gusts causing power outages and canceled plans for many.
The highest winds were expected late Saturday into Sunday morning.
Multiple fires break out due to downed powerlines amid strong winds
The dangerous gusts caused Xcel Energy to preemptively shut off power to 55,000 customers, mostly in Boulder County, which lasted through Sunday.
By Saturday evening, wind gusts were reported in several counties exceeding 90 mph.
These were the highest gusts reported as of 6 p.m. on Sunday:
Jefferson County: 96 mph
Boulder County: 95 mph
Larimer County: 93 mph
Summit County: 91 mph
Clear Creek County: 86 mph
Logan County: 84 mph
Gilpin County: 84 mph
Here are the wind gust observations across the state as of Sunday at 6 p.m.
County | Location | MPH |
Alamosa | 2 S Alamosa | 60 |
Boulder | 1 NE Crisman | 88 |
Boulder | 1 S Hygiene | 64 |
Boulder | 2 ENE Marshall | 60 |
Boulder | 2 N Superior | 81 |
Boulder | 2 NE Hygiene | 59 |
Boulder | 2 NNE Ward | 59 |
Boulder | 2 NNW Marshall | 69 |
Boulder | 2 NNW Rocky Flats | 87 |
Boulder | 2 S Mt Audubon | 81 |
Boulder | 2 WNW Marshall | 63 |
Boulder | 3 ESE Niwot | 60 |
Boulder | 3 ESE Pinecliffe | 73 |
Boulder | 3 NW Crescent Village | 72 |
Boulder | 3 NW Marshall | 95 |
Boulder | 3 S Boulder | 89 |
Boulder | 3 SSW Boulder | 78 |
Boulder | 3 SSW Niwot | 63 |
Boulder | 4 ENE Nederland | 71 |
Boulder | 4 SSW Lyons | 62 |
Boulder | 5 WNW Niwot | 59 |
Boulder | Nederland | 60 |
Broomfield | 2 SSW Broomfield | 60 |
Broomfield | 3 SSE Superior | 67 |
Chaffee | 5 WSW Buena Vista | 71 |
Clear Creek | 1 E Empire | 83 |
Clear Creek | 1 N Georgetown | 86 |
Clear Creek | 1 SSE Dumont | 76 |
Clear Creek | 1 SSW Georgetown | 81 |
Clear Creek | 1 W Idaho Springs | 59 |
Clear Creek | 2 WNW Brookvale | 75 |
Clear Creek | 2 WSW Russell Gulch | 70 |
Clear Creek | Downieville | 62 |
Clear Creek | Floyd Hill | 64 |
Denver | 2 S Commerce City | 58 |
Denver | 2 SSW Denver | 64 |
Denver | 3 N Denver | 80 |
Denver | 3 NE Englewood | 66 |
Denver | 3 NNE Denver | 65 |
Denver | 3 SSW Commerce City | 62 |
Denver | 3 SW Commerce City | 62 |
Douglas | 3 NNW Louviers | 58 |
El Paso | 1 SE Peterson AFB | 63 |
El Paso | 11 WSW Fountain | 70 |
El Paso | 4 E Crystola | 63 |
El Paso | 4 SE Air Force Academy | 68 |
El Paso | 6 NE Manitou Springs | 62 |
Fremont | 2 NNE Florence | 60 |
Fremont | 3 SW Swissvale | 60 |
Garfield | 7 W Cattle Creek | 45 |
Gilpin | 1 NE Aspen Springs | 68 |
Gilpin | 2 WNW Aspen Springs | 66 |
Gilpin | 3 SE Tolland | 84 |
Gilpin | Aspen Springs | 73 |
Huerfano | 5 N Walsenburg | 67 |
Huerfano | 6 S Colorado City | 76 |
Huerfano | 9 NNW Walsenburg | 69 |
Jefferson | 1 NE Pleasant View | 59 |
Jefferson | 1 NNW Golden | 58 |
Jefferson | 1 SW Evergreen | 62 |
Jefferson | 1 WSW Chatfield Reservo | 70 |
Jefferson | 1 WSW Columbine | 58 |
Jefferson | 1 WSW Pleasant View | 57 |
Jefferson | 2 NNW Genesee | 74 |
Jefferson | 2 NW Ken Caryl | 68 |
Jefferson | 2 SSE Pleasant View | 75 |
Jefferson | 2 SSW Broomfield | 63 |
Jefferson | 2 SW Broomfield | 83 |
Jefferson | 3 ESE Pinecliffe | 67 |
Jefferson | 3 SSW Rocky Flats | 59 |
Jefferson | 3 SW Rocky Flats | 90 |
Jefferson | 4 NNW White Ranch Open | 96 |
Jefferson | 4 S Rocky Flats | 89 |
Jefferson | 4 WNW Arvada | 62 |
Kit Carson | 1 NNE Flagler | 50 |
Kit Carson | 17 N Flagler | 58 |
Kit Carson | 2 NE Flagler | 55 |
Kit Carson | 5 S Burlington | 52 |
Kit Carson | 8 NNW Flagler | 60 |
Kit Carson | 8 NW Bethune | 53 |
Kit Carson | 9 NNW Peconic | 50 |
La Plata | 3 WSW Oxford | 56 |
Larimer | 1 S Wellington | 59 |
Larimer | 2 NNE Pinewood Springs | 61 |
Larimer | 2 SSW Laporte | 66 |
Larimer | 2 W Mishawaka | 59 |
Larimer | 3 E Pinewood Springs | 59 |
Larimer | 3 ENE Carter Lake | 58 |
Larimer | 3 ESE Buckeye | 93 |
Larimer | 3 ESE Cedar Cove | 64 |
Larimer | 3 NW Campion | 58 |
Larimer | 3 SSW Waverly | 62 |
Larimer | 3 WNW Mishawaka | 70 |
Larimer | 5 E Buckeye | 64 |
Larimer | 5 S Virginia Dale | 62 |
Larimer | 6 SW Carr | 84 |
Larimer | Red Feather Lakes | 65 |
Larimer | Timnath | 71 |
Larimer | Virginia Dale | 74 |
Las Animas | 2 NE Aguilar | 68 |
Las Animas | 3 ESE Hoehne | 67 |
Las Animas | 4 S Weston | 81 |
Logan | 2 ESE Sterling | 84 |
Logan | 3 WSW Sterling | 70 |
Logan | 4 ESE Twin Buttes | 57 |
Logan | 4 W Peetz | 72 |
Logan | 5 N Pawnee Pass | 66 |
Logan | North Sterling Reservoi | 67 |
Mesa | 1 WSW Chatfield Reservoir | 43 |
Montezuma | 5 SW Cortez | 43 |
Montrose | 2 NW Montrose | 48 |
Morgan | 2 ENE Wiggins | 61 |
Morgan | Fort Morgan Airport | 61 |
Park | 1 NNE Wilkerson Pass | 58 |
Park | 3 SW Jefferson | 71 |
Park | 5 W Wilkerson Pass | 67 |
Park | 7 WNW Antero Reservoir | 76 |
Park | Wilkerson Pass | 59 |
Phillips | 2 SE Holyoke | 62 |
Phillips | 8 S Holyoke | 72 |
Pueblo | 1 NE Colorado City | 64 |
Pueblo | 4 WNW Pueblo West | 62 |
Pueblo | 5 ESE Wetmore | 70 |
Pueblo | 5 NE Blende | 63 |
Pueblo | 5 NNE Pueblo West | 61 |
Rio Blanco | Meeker | 46 |
Sedgwick | 2 SE Julesburg | 79 |
Summit | 2 ENE Copper Mountain | 91 |
Summit | 3 ESE Copper Mountain | 83 |
Washington | 1 ESE Akron | 69 |
Washington | 1 NNW Akron | 72 |
Washington | 3 E Union | 63 |
Weld | 1 NNW Briggsdale | 65 |
Weld | 2 NNE Natural Fort | 79 |
Weld | 2 NNE New Raymer | 59 |
Weld | 2 NNW Briggsdale | 73 |
Weld | 5 N Pawnee Buttes | 68 |
Weld | 5 NNW Nunn | 79 |
Weld | 8 SSW Grover | 80 |
Weld | Nunn | 70 |
Yuma | 1 NNW Yuma | 55 |
Yuma | 2 NW Wray | 61 |
Yuma | 2 SSE Yuma | 68 |
Yuma | 4 E Yuma | 73 |
Yuma | 4 NE Idalia | 69 |
Yuma | 5 NNW Heartstrong | 77 |
Yuma | Hale | 60 |
Yuma | Yuma | 80 |
This article will be updated as more data becomes available.
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