I am below a hill, so sometimes it is deceiving. Years ago I left the house to go run errands and got to top of hill and a sandstorm was raging and swinging light poles and stop signs..it was crazy. I had no idea. Lol. Hurricane force winds blowing dirt.
I lived in a similar area in Ohio. We were down in with tons of trees. It could be entirely different weather up the hill. We would have no wind and cool temps but in town just a mile away it would be hot and windy.
Sounds as though you are somewhat protected. We just moved to this house a few weeks ago which is in the lowest part of the neighborhood. Our last home house was in the same development but at the highest point. Used to be able to see what was coming at us but now, not so much.
I was in Winters and the dust storms were raging. I couldn’t write at my desk because of the sand on the paper. I kept dusting it off and finally gave up and headed back to the main office in Abilene. It was hard staying on the highway with the winds. Then a wee little bit of rain came, just enough to turn the sand into mud. No one could see out their windshields. You couldn’t pull over because then someone would plow into you so it was a mess. I had a coke and squirted that on the windshield a couple times before it was empty. Scary, scary drive. When I did get back to Abilene, the car was solid mud and was told winds were 76 mph. You couldn’t pay me enough to live out there again.