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.
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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.
| Date | Time | Location | Wind Gust | latitude | longitude | County | State |
| 12/25/2016 | 406 PM | 2 SSE GOLD HILL | 110 MPH | 40.03417 | -105.3962 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 514 pm | 1 ESE PINECLIFFE | 105 MPH | 39.92 | -105.403 | gilpin | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 400 PM | 3 ESE PINECLIFFE | 103 MPH | 39.91 | -105.381 | jefferson | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0441 PM | 3 SE JAMESTOWN | 97 MPH | 40.08 | -105.35 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0526 PM | 2 SSW CRESCENT VILLAGE | 93 MPH | 39.9 | -105.34 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 1256 PM | 2 S GOLD HILL | 92 MPH | 40.03 | -105.4 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0332 PM | 2 NW ROCKY FLATS | 92 MPH | 39.91 | -105.23 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0250 PM | 3 NW MARSHALL | 90 MPH | 39.98 | -105.27 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 735 pm | 2 SSW ESTES PARK | 88 mph | 40.349 | -105.536 | larimer | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 252 pm | 3 NNW MISHOWAKA | 84 mph | 40.721 | -105.4066 | Larimer | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0145 PM | 1 NW ROCKY FLATS | 84 MPH | 39.91 | -105.22 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0450 PM | 2 SE SUPERIOR | 83 MPH | 39.91 | -105.12 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 755 pm | 3 NNE WHITE RANCH OPEN | 80 mph | 39.852 | -105.255 | jefferson | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 827 pm | 4 ENE BERGEN PARK | 79 mph | 39.7105 | -105.294 | jefferson | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0104 AM | 2 WNW LARKSPUR | 79 MPH | 39.19 | -104.92 | DOUGLAS | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 1145 AM | 4 NNW WHITE RANCH OPEN | 78 MPH | 39.87 | -105.3 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 924 PM | 2 WNW ASPEN SPRINGS | 78 MPH | 39.8444 | -105.5172 | gilpin | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 408 pm | 2 SSE GOLDEN | 77 mph | 39.71247 | -105.195 | jefferson | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 440 pm | 3 NW LOUISVILLE | 76 mph | 39.96652 | -105.1886 | boulder | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0100 PM | 2 NW GLEN HAVEN | 76 MPH | 40.47 | -105.45 | LARIMER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0347 PM | 2 NW GENESEE | 76 MPH | 39.71 | -105.29 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0702 PM | 2 NNW GLEN HAVEN | 76 MPH | 40.47 | -105.45 | LARIMER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0227 PM | SUPERIOR | 75 MPH | 39.93 | -105.16 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0117 PM | 2 NNW GENESEE | 75 MPH | 39.71 | -105.29 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0428 PM | 1 WSW APPLEWOOD | 75 MPH | 39.74 | -105.18 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 237 pm | FLOYD HILL | 74 mph | 39.7209 | -105.41 | clear creek | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 905 pm | 4 ESE ESTES PARK | 74 mph | 40.361 | -105.449 | larimer | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0304 PM | 3 E GOLD HILL | 74 MPH | 40.05 | -105.35 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 557 pm | 2 NNE DRAKE | 74 mph | 40.455 | -105.321 | larimer | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 1116 AM | 1 N APPLEWOOD | 74 MPH | 39.76 | -105.16 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 752 PM | 2 ENE DUMONT | 73 MPH | 39.79557 | -105.5586 | GILPIN | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0230 PM | 5 S LYONS | 72 MPH | 40.15 | -105.27 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 337 pm | 3 WNW MISHOWAKA | 72 mph | 40.709 | -105.412 | larimer | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 1252 PM | 3 S BOULDER | 72 MPH | 39.99 | -105.26 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0301 PM | ASPEN SPRINGS | 70 MPH | 39.83 | -105.48 | GILPIN | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0414 PM | LONGMONT AIRPORT | 69 MPH | 40.17 | -105.17 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0632 PM | VIRGINIA DALE | 68 MPH | 40.95 | -105.35 | LARIMER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0346 PM | 2 NE MORRISON | 67 MPH | 39.67 | -105.15 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0603 PM | 1 ENE WARD | 67 MPH | 40.08 | -105.49 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 924 pm | RED FEATHER LAKES | 66 mph | 40.7981 | -105.5722 | larimer | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0458 PM | 2 WNW BROOKVALE | 66 MPH | 39.64 | -105.46 | CLEAR CREEK | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 730 PM | ASPEN SPRINGS | 66 MPH | 39.83 | -105.48 | Gilpin | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 120 pm | 2 NW WESTMINSTER | 65 mph | 39.8977 | -105.079 | jefferson | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0436 PM | 1 NE ASPEN SPRINGS | 65 MPH | 39.84 | -105.47 | GILPIN | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0223 PM | 2 S CHEESMAN RESERVOIR | 64 MPH | 39.18 | -105.27 | DOUGLAS | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 150 pm | 6 SW CARR | 63 mph | 40.8416 | -104.967 | larimer | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0638 PM | 4 ENE NEDERLAND | 63 MPH | 39.99 | -105.45 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 209 pm | 4 ENE BROOMFIED | 63 mph | 39.97193 | -104.9883 | adams | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0129 PM | 3 WNW LEYDEN | 63 MPH | 39.84 | -105.17 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 1239 PM | FORT MORGAN | 62 MPH | 40.26 | -103.8 | MORGAN | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 1228 PM | 3 ENE NEDERLAND | 62 MPH | 39.99 | -105.45 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 106 PM | CROOK | 61 MPH | 40.86 | -102.8 | LOGAN | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 109 pm | 3 S DENVER | 60 mph | 39.684 | -104.958 | denver | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0620 PM | 3 ESE TINY TOWN | 60 MPH | 39.58 | -105.17 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0222 PM | 3 E HOYT BEET DUMP | 60 MPH | 40.08 | -104 | MORGAN | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0200 PM | 2 NNE ROCKY FLATS | 60 MPH | 39.91 | -105.19 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0500 PM | 1 NW BERTHOUD PASS | 60 MPH | 39.8 | -105.78 | GRAND | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0231 PM | 3 WSW CAMPION | 59 MPH | 40.32 | -105.14 | LARIMER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0221 PM | 2 NE HYGIENE | 59 MPH | 40.2 | -105.15 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 1249 PM | 2 ENE MORRISON | 59 MPH | 39.67 | -105.15 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 1230 PM | 4 SW STERLING | 58 MPH | 40.62 | -103.27 | LOGAN | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0425 PM | 4 SE GOLD HILL | 58 MPH | 40.02 | -105.36 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0235 PM | 1 SSW ERIE | 58 MPH | 40.02 | -105.05 | WELD | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0639 PM | 1 ESE GOLDEN | 58 MPH | 39.73 | -105.2 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0252 PM | 1 E SMOKY HILL | 58 MPH | 39.61 | -104.75 | ARAPAHOE | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0332 PM | 2 N CAMPION | 57 MPH | 40.38 | -105.1 | LARIMER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0224 PM | 1 E RED FEATHER LAKES | 57 MPH | 40.8 | -105.57 | LARIMER | CO |
| 12/24/2016 | 0800 PM | BERTHOUD PASS | 56 MPH | 39.8 | -105.78 | GRAND | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0358 PM | 7 WNW ANTERO RESERVOIR | 56 MPH | 39.04 | -106 | PARK | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 1204 PM | 3 W CENTRAL CITY | 56 MPH | 39.8 | -105.56 | GILPIN | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 1221 PM | 3 SW CAMPION | 56 MPH | 40.32 | -105.14 | LARIMER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 1242 PM | 3 SE STERLING | 56 MPH | 40.62 | -103.17 | LOGAN | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0104 PM | 2 SSE LOVELAND | 56 MPH | 40.39 | -105.05 | LARIMER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0550 PM | 2 SSE LAKEWOOD | 56 MPH | 39.67 | -105.09 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0105 PM | 2 ESE ALLENSPARK | 56 MPH | 40.19 | -105.49 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0500 PM | 1 NW LOVELAND PASS | 56 MPH | 39.67 | -105.89 | CLEAR CREEK | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 1200 PM | 1 NNE ROCKY FLATS | 56 MPH | 39.91 | -105.19 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0117 PM | 1 NE PLEASANT VIEW | 56 MPH | 39.73 | -105.16 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 1243 PM | 1 N AKRON | 56 MPH | 40.17 | -103.21 | WASHINGTON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 1204 PM | 3 ESE GOLD HILL | 55 MPH | 40.05 | -105.35 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0312 PM | 2 WSW CORONADO | 55 MPH | 39.86 | -105.09 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0146 PM | 2 NNW KEN CARYL | 55 MPH | 39.61 | -105.13 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0629 PM | 1 ESE DOWNIEVILLE | 55 MPH | 39.76 | -105.6 | CLEAR CREEK | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0300 PM | 1 WNW LOVELAND PASS | 54 MPH | 39.67 | -105.89 | CLEAR CREEK | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0156 PM | 1 E BOULDER | 54 MPH | 40.03 | -105.23 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0435 PM | LAKEWOOD | 53 MPH | 39.7 | -105.11 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0310 PM | 3 NNW LONGMONT | 53 MPH | 40.21 | -105.13 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0330 PM | 2 W WHEAT RIDGE | 53 MPH | 39.78 | -105.13 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0445 PM | 2 SW BOULDER | 53 MPH | 40.01 | -105.27 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 1240 PM | 1 W WHEAT RIDGE | 53 MPH | 39.77 | -105.11 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0329 PM | 1 SE DOWNIEVILLE | 53 MPH | 39.76 | -105.6 | CLEAR CREEK | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 1132 AM | 1 NNW BRIGGSDALE | 53 MPH | 40.64 | -104.33 | WELD | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0228 PM | 2 WSW GUNBARREL | 52 MPH | 40.06 | -105.21 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0415 PM | 5 SW BERTHOUD | 51 MPH | 40.25 | -105.13 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0622 PM | 5 S ESTES PARK | 51 MPH | 40.31 | -105.54 | LARIMER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0244 PM | 4 W LEYDEN | 51 MPH | 39.83 | -105.19 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0147 PM | 3 NNW GLENDALE | 51 MPH | 39.75 | -104.95 | DENVER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0138 PM | 2 SSE BOULDER | 51 MPH | 40 | -105.23 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0145 PM | 2 NNW LOUISVILLE | 51 MPH | 39.99 | -105.15 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0102 PM | 4 SSW ESTES PARK | 50 MPH | 40.31 | -105.54 | LARIMER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 1248 PM | 2 W GUNBARREL | 50 MPH | 40.06 | -105.21 | BOULDER | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0330 PM | 2 SE LAKEWOOD | 50 MPH | 39.67 | -105.09 | JEFFERSON | CO |
| 12/25/2016 | 0332 PM | 1 NE WARD | 50 MPH | 40.08 | -105.5 | BOULDER | CO |
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