Downslope Windstorms - RAL - UCAR
Downslope Windstorms - RAL - UCAR
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Fort Collins Windstorm Climatology<br />
Fort Collins Windstorm Climatology<br />
• Peak windstorm season is during the winter months<br />
• <strong>Windstorms</strong> often occur in ‘streaks’; Jan. 1977 had 7 separate events!<br />
• Summer events are rare, but not unprecedented (June 1973, July 1993)<br />
Fort Collins <strong>Windstorms</strong>, 1977-1989<br />
20<br />
18<br />
16<br />
14<br />
12<br />
10<br />
8<br />
6<br />
4<br />
2<br />
0<br />
Number of windstorm events<br />
Most or all of the<br />
data is from old<br />
Foothills campus<br />
station<br />
> 54 kt<br />
> 70 kt<br />
January<br />
February<br />
March<br />
April<br />
May<br />
June<br />
July<br />
August<br />
September<br />
October<br />
November<br />
December<br />
Data courtesy of<br />
John Weaver<br />
(see Lee et al 1989;<br />
Weaver and Phillips 1990)<br />
Month
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