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High Wind in South Laramie Range Foothills, Wyoming

High Wind December 9, 2025 · South Laramie Range Foothills, Wyoming

72 mph

Measured gust (63 kt)

$10K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Persistent strong winds gusts between 65 and 73 MPH along both Interstate 80 and Interstate 25 south and west of Cheyenne. WYDOT webcam showed a flipped over 16 wheel truck just after a peak wind of 73 MPH was observed at Wyo Hill WYDOT site.

The wider storm

A strong jet stream aloft parked itself over southern Wyoming for a prolonged high wind event that lingered into the early morning hours of the 10th of December. Multiple wind gusts over hurricane force were reported with several 16 wheelers blown over across Interstate 80 and Interstate 25.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1299139. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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