High Wind, Northern Wasatch Front/Brigham City/Ogden Bountiful
- When
- December 27, 3:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Northern Wasatch Front/Brigham City/Ogden Bountiful forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
High Wind in Utah, December 27, 1996
An arctic front moved into Utah from Wyoming on this morning. High Winds from the northeast caused minor damage in northern Utah.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
An arctic front moved into Utah from Wyoming on this morning. High Winds from the northeast caused minor damage in northern Utah. The main problems were downed trees and power outages. The local ski resorts again had to close their lift operations during the windy conditions. Some peak wind gusts that were measured around the state included: Jupiter Peak in Park City at 81 mph, Powder Mountain at 90 mph, Bountiful and Salt Lake City at 60 mph.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Salt Lake and Toole Valleys
- When
- December 27, 3:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Salt Lake and Toole Valleys forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
High Wind, Wasatch Mountains I80 North
- When
- December 27, 3:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Wasatch Mountains I80 North forecast zone
- Measured
- 78 kt (90 mph)
High Wind, Wasatch Mountains South of I80
- When
- December 27, 3:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Wasatch Mountains South of I80 forecast zone
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 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
- Dense Fog in Florida, December 27, 1996
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 27 to 28, 1996
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, December 27, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, December 27 to 28, 1996
- Winter Storm in Illinois, December 27 to 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 27, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 27 to 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 27, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 27 to 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 27, 1996
- Blizzard in Washington, December 27 to 28, 1996
- High Wind in Hawaii, December 27, 1996
More
Every storm in Utah in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, December 1996
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: 5582975, 5582976, 5582977, 5582978.