High Wind — Greater Lake Tahoe Area, California

2025-12-17 · Greater Lake Tahoe Area, California

Event narrative

Mesonet station TADC1 Tahoe Donner recorded a wind gust of 58 mph. Also, mesonet station HMDC1 Homewood Mountain recorded a gust of 49 mph.

Wider weather episode

After a quiet first half of the month, storms returned to bring strong wind gusts of 45-60 mph in lower elevations, isolated gusts up to 80 mph in wind prone locations, and around 100 mph for Sierra ridges. Rainfall was mainly limited to the Tahoe Basin northward across NE California, with amounts from 0.25-0.75. Locally up to 1 of rain fell near the Oregon border and near the Sierra crest west of Lake Tahoe. Snow levels were quite high, above 9000 feet for this event.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1300433. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.