Welcome to the new normal...according to analysis from the Earth Simulator Computer in Japan (one of the most powerful in the world that collates/predicts weather events) every 1 degree Centigrade increase in your latitudinal zone (every 20 degrees) leads to an 8 % increase in hydrology (storms frequency and severity) and a 22 % increase in wind speed! We had a 140 mph blast in Westcliffe..that is 9000 ft high in January!!