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High Wind in Southern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

High Wind December 10, 2021 · Southern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

71 mph
Measured gust (62 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A peak gust of 71 mph was recorded at the White Sands Missile Range Main Post. A gust of 62 mph was recorded at the White Sands Museum and 60 mph at the Globe Mesonet site.

The wider storm

An upper low was moving through the Central Plains. An associated cold front was moving through South-Central New Mexico with wind gusts ahead of it reaching 71 mph east of the Organ Mountains.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 996366. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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