Colorado, 2025

High Wind in Colorado, October 4, 2025

October 4, 2025 · NWS GLD · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A developing low pressure system led to strong non thunderstorm winds across eastern Colorado gusting 58-59 mph. The strongest of the winds was a 59 mph wind gust at the Burlington Airport and another 59 mph wind gust 2 SW Firstview in Cheyenne county.

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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 GLD wrote it up.

A developing low pressure system led to strong non thunderstorm winds across eastern Colorado gusting 58-59 mph. The strongest of the winds was a 59 mph wind gust at the Burlington Airport and another 59 mph wind gust 2 SW Firstview in Cheyenne county.

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Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Kit Carson County

When
October 4, 11:58 AM MST
Where
Kit Carson County forecast zone
Measured
51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
39.305, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A 59 mph wind gust was recorded at the Burlington Airport via the ASOS site KITR.

High Wind, Cheyenne County

When
October 4, 12:03 PM MST to 12:29 PM MST
Where
Cheyenne County forecast zone
Measured
51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
38.828, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A 58 mph wind gust was recorded 2 E Arapahoe via mesonet site UP694. A 59 mph wind gust was recorded 2 SW Firstview via mesonet stie KCOCHEY8 on the Weather Underground network.

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1294430, 1294426.