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High Wind in Northeast Highlands, New Mexico
High Wind December 17, 2025 – December 18, 2025 · Northeast Highlands, New Mexico
What the National Weather Service wrote
The Las Vegas Airport ASOS measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
The wider storm
A strong portion of the polar jetstream crossed just north of New Mexico with strong winds stretching southward over northern NM during the evening of December 17th and lasting overnight well into the morning of December 18th. High wind gusts of 58 to 65 mph were observed in areas along and east of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains down the I-25 corridor. Strong winds just below high wind criteria were also observed elsewhere across the central highlands and eastern plains of New Mexico, including a 57 mph wind gust at Clines Corners along I-40.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1297812. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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