Power outages from Colorado's weekend windstorm continue Monday
The weekend windstorm that left 150,000 people without power, uprooted trees and closed roads has finally moved out of Colorado.
Here is a look at the aftermath, including continued power outages, top wind speeds and how common such wind events are in Colorado:
Power outage pain from wind continues into Monday morning
As of 6 a.m. Monday, April 8, Poudre Valley REA said power remained off for 265 members, down from more than 13,000 at the height of the storm.
Crews will return to work Monday morning in these areas where power remains off:
Parts of Davis Ranch Road and Wale Rock Road in Bellvue
Upper Poudre Canyon along with Pingree Park
Sporadic outages in Red Feather Lakes and Crystal Lakes areas
Sporadic outages in Masonville and Livermore areas
As of 6 a.m. Monday morning, Xcel Energy reported 55,424 customers were out of power in Colorado, mostly in the Denver area.
In the Fort Collins area, there remained 14 outages impacting 328 customers.
Up to 150,000 customers lost power during the peak of the event.
Here are top wind speeds reported in the Fort Collins area, Colorado
Here are official top wind speeds as reported by the National Weather Service:
Fort Collins area
Buckeye (near Wellington): 93 mph
Virginia Dale: 74 mph
Timnath: 71 mph
Mishawaka: 70 mph
Laporte: 66 mph
Christman Airfield (northwest Fort Collins): 63 mph
Red Feather Lakes: 65 mph
West Loveland: 64 mph
Wellington: 62 mph
Greeley: 59 mph
Berthoud: 58 mph
Fort Collins: 55 mph
Statewide
NCAR Mesa Lab (Boulder): 97 mph
Coal Creek Canyon (Jefferson County): 96 mph
Marshall (3 miles northwest, Boulder County): 95 mph
Copper Mountain: 91 mph
Rocky Flats: 90 mph
Boulder: 89 mph
Carr (Larimer County): 84 mph
Sterling: 84 mph
Interstate 25 at Wyoming border: 79 mph
How the weekend windstorm ranks in Colorado
The National Weather Service recorded more than 40 wind gusts of 75 mph or more during the April 6-7 storm.
Still, April pales in comparison to other months with strong windstorms with gusts exceeding 70 mph. Winter is when we get our big wind events.
Here is a look by month at winds exceeding 70 mph at the National Weather Service office in Boulder since 1969:
January: 74
December: 64
February: 34
November: 26
March: 24
April: 17
This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: These were the top wind gusts in Colorado during weekend storm