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High Wind in Greater Lake Tahoe Area, California
High Wind December 17, 2025 · Greater Lake Tahoe Area, California
What the National Weather Service wrote
Mesonet station TADC1 Tahoe Donner recorded a wind gust of 58 mph. Also, mesonet station HMDC1 Homewood Mountain recorded a gust of 49 mph.
The wider storm
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 1300433. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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