Boulder really is blowing in the wind — much more so than even Chicago, a on Friday confirms.
Boulder ranked as the 10th windiest among 293 cities the property information firm studied between 2006 and June 2015.
Jackson, Miss.; Springfield, Mo., and Boston took the top three spots during the period studied.
CoreLogic studied the frequency and severity of high-wind events above 60 miles per hour instead of how constantly winds blew.
Because of that, places with windy reputations like Chicago, No. 50, and Wichita, No. 73, ranked much lower. (Cheyenne, reviled for its persistent winds, wasn’t included in the report because it didn’t meet the population cut off of 100,000.)
CoreLogic said its proprietary wind verification technology is placed in communities, allowing it to zero in more precisely than measurements collected at airports and monitoring stations.
Wind damage accounts for 20 percent to 30 percent of all property insurance claims and insurers are looking for ways to confirm severe gusts in specific areas, CoreLogic said.
Boulder ranked second after Reno, Nev., for the highest urban wind speed measured in the first half of 2015 — 82 miles per hour.
Monitors in Westminster recorded an 108 mile-per-hour gust, one of only three captured above 100 miles per hour not involving a tornado since 2006, CoreLogic said.
Aldo Svaldi: 303-954-1410, asvaldi@denverpost.com or @aldosvaldi
