Cheyenne Airport

For reference, winds of 74 miles per hour or more are considered to be "hurricane force."

A 79 mph wind gust was recorded at the Cheyenne Airport during the overnight hours, according to the National Weather Service in Cheyenne.

The Cheyenne Airport broke a 1974 record for June 8 with 2.37 inches of rain.

  Winds of 80 miles per hour were recorded in Arlington on Wednesday, with a gust of 74 miles per hour logged at the Cheyenne Airport, according to the Cheyenne Office of the National Weather Service. Here are the top wind speeds officially recorded in southeast Wyoming:  And the windy weather is expected to continue today in many areas: High Wind Warnings continue this morning through 11am for ar

The new flights will start on November 11, according to the post.

Plans call for finishing design work this spring and sending the project out for bid before summer.

The double-digit negative temperatures included an unofficial low of -21 at the Laramie Airport, while the mercury at the Cheyenne Airport hit an unofficial low of -16.

Cheyenne-based Great Lakes Airline is providing one flight a week from Cheyenne to Denver, down from eight flights it used to make.

Work on the project is expected to take about a year.

The Cheyenne Police Department, Laramie County Sheriff's Department, Transportation Safety Administration and other local emergency responders held an emergency drill on their response to an attack by a gunman at the Cheyenne Airport on Tuesday.