High Wind, Laramie Range / Se Albany / W Laramie
- When
- December 24, 9:00 PM MST to December 25, 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Laramie Range / Se Albany / W Laramie forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in Wyoming, December 24 to 25, 1998
West winds of 25 to 40 mph, with gusts over 60 mph occurred in the southeast mountains and adjacent plains.
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.
West winds of 25 to 40 mph, with gusts over 60 mph occurred in the southeast mountains and adjacent plains.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, North Laramie Range / X S Converse / N Albany / X Se Natrona
- When
- December 24, 9:00 PM MST to December 25, 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Laramie Range / X S Converse / N Albany / X Se Natrona forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Platte
- When
- December 24, 9:00 PM MST to December 25, 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Snowy Range / Se Carbon / X Sw Albany
- When
- December 24, 9:00 PM MST to December 25, 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Snowy Range / Se Carbon / X Sw Albany forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
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
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 24, 1998
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, December 24, 1998
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 24 to 25, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, December 24, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 24 to 25, 1998
- Winter Storm in Washington, December 24, 1998
- Ice Storm in Georgia, December 24 to 25, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 24, 1998
- Winter Storm in Oregon, December 24, 1998
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, December 24, 1998
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, December 24 to 25, 1998
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, December 24, 1998
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, December 1998
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: 5677280, 5677281, 5677282, 5677283.