High Wind, North Laramie Range
- When
- January 10, 4:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- North Laramie Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
High Wind in Wyoming, January 10, 1996
Winds were sustained between 40 and 50 MPH over and just east of the Laramie Range. Wind gusts in that area were between 55 and 63 MPH, with the strongest gust being 63 MPH, ten miles south ofWheatland (Platte County) at 709 AM.
The toll
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.
Winds were sustained between 40 and 50 MPH over and just east of the Laramie Range. Wind gusts in that area were between 55 and 63 MPH, with the strongest gust being 63 MPH, ten miles south ofWheatland (Platte County) at 709 AM.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Laramie Range
- When
- January 10, 4:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Laramie Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
High Wind, Platte
- When
- January 10, 4:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
High Wind, Cheyenne Foothills
- When
- January 10, 4:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne Foothills forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 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
- Ice Storm in South Dakota, January 10, 1996
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 10 to 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 10 to 11, 1996
- Ice Storm in South Dakota, January 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 10, 1996
- Cold in Georgia, January 10, 1996
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, January 10, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, January 10 to 15, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 10, 1996
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, January 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: 5536294, 5536295, 5536296, 5536297.