High Wind, Wasatch Mountains South of I80
- When
- December 22, 1:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Wasatch Mountains South of I80 forecast zone
- Measured
- 71 kt (82 mph)
High Wind in Utah, December 22, 1996
High winds developed in portions of the state during the early morning hours. Jupiter Peak at the Park City ski resort measured a wind gust to 82 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
High winds developed in portions of the state during the early morning hours. Jupiter Peak at the Park City ski resort measured a wind gust to 82 mph. In Cedar City a gust to 65 mph was recorded. Aside from ski lifts being shut-down, no other problems or damage was reported.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Southwest Utah/Cedar City/Milford
- When
- December 22, 1:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Southwest Utah/Cedar City/Milford forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Nevada, December 22, 1996
- Blizzard in California, December 22, 1996
- Tornado in California, December 22, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 22 to 23, 1996
- Blizzard in California, December 22, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 22 to 23, 1996
- Flood in California, December 22, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, December 22, 1996
- High Wind in California, December 22, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, December 22 to 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in California, December 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in California, December 22, 1996
More
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Sources
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: 5582970, 5582971.