Colorado, 1996High Wind in Colorado, January 27 to 28, 1996
January 27 to 28, 1996 · NWS BOU · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
Hurricane Force winds blew across portions of the Front Range Foothills in the wake of a pacific storm system that moved across Northern Colorado. Estes Park registered a peak wind gust to 121 mph (105 kts).
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Hurricane Force winds blew across portions of the Front Range Foothills in the wake of a pacific storm system that moved across Northern Colorado. Estes Park registered a peak wind gust to 121 mph (105 kts). Some other reports included: 75 kts at the National Center of Atmospheric Research (NCAR) southwest of Boulder, 75 kts atop Squaw Mountain near Idaho Springs and 65 kts at Jefferson County Airport.
High Wind, Larimer & Boulder Counties Between 6000 & 9000 Feet
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM MST to January 28, 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- Larimer & Boulder Counties Between 6000 & 9000 Feet forecast zone
- Measured
- 105 kt (121 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.380, -105.410 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Jefferson & W Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet / Gilpin / Clear Creek / Ne Park Counties Below 9000 Feet
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM MST to January 28, 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- Jefferson & W Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet / Gilpin / Clear Creek / Ne Park Counties Below 9000 Feet forecast zone
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.516, -105.413 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Boulder & Jefferson Counties Below 6000 Feet / W Broomfield County
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM MST to January 28, 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- Boulder & Jefferson Counties Below 6000 Feet / W Broomfield County forecast zone
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.878, -105.220 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, N Douglas County Below 6000 Feet / Denver / W Adams & Arapahoe Counties / E Broomfield County
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM MST to January 28, 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- N Douglas County Below 6000 Feet / Denver / W Adams & Arapahoe Counties / E Broomfield County forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.714, -104.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, January 27 to 28, 19961 death · 9 events
- Flooding in New Jersey, January 27 to 31, 19961 death · 5 events
- Flooding in Maine, January 27 to 30, 1996$561,000 · 17 events
- High Wind in New York, January 27, 19964 injured · $133,000 · 58 kt wind · 11 events
- Flooding in New York, January 27, 1996$600,000 · 8 events
- High Wind in New York, January 27, 1996$260,000 · 24 events
- High Wind in Vermont, January 27, 19961 injured · $220,000 · 83 kt wind · 7 events
- Flooding in New York, January 27 to 28, 1996$400,000 · 2 events
- High Wind in Maine, January 27 to 28, 1996$200,000 · 68 kt wind · 15 events
- Flooding in New York, January 27 to 28, 1996$300,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 27, 1996$200,000 · 1 event
- Flood in Connecticut, January 27 to 30, 1996$200,000 · 1 event
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5538077, 5538078, 5538079, 5538080.