High Wind, Harding
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Harding forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -103.496 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in South Dakota, January 21, 2005
A strong cold front moved across western South Dakota during the morning hours. Northwest winds increased to 30 to 45 mph, with gusts around 60 mph, across northwest and central South Dakota during the afternoon.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
A strong cold front moved across western South Dakota during the morning hours. Northwest winds increased to 30 to 45 mph, with gusts around 60 mph, across northwest and central South Dakota during the afternoon.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Southern Meade Co Plains
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Meade Co Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northern Meade Co Plains
- When
- January 21, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Meade Co Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Perkins
- When
- January 21, 12:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins forecast zone
- Measured
- 36 kt (41 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 45.491, -102.476 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Butte
- When
- January 21, 12:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Butte forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.906, -103.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Ziebach
- When
- January 21, 12:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Ziebach forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph) estimated sustained
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.980, -101.666 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Rapid City
- When
- January 21, 12:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Rapid City forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Pennington Co Plains
- When
- January 21, 12:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington Co Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Haakon
- When
- January 21, 1:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Haakon forecast zone
- Measured
- 38 kt (44 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.294, -101.540 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Todd
- When
- January 21, 1:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Todd forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.193, -100.718 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Tripp
- When
- January 21, 3:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Tripp forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.346, -99.884 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Minnesota, January 21 to 22, 2005
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 21 to 22, 2005
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 21 to 22, 2005
- Dense Fog in Nebraska, January 21, 2005
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, January 21 to 22, 2005
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 21 to 22, 2005
- Cold in New York, January 21 to 22, 2005
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 21 to 22, 2005
- Winter Storm in Ohio, January 21, 2005
- Cold in Maine, January 21, 2005
- Cold in New York, January 21, 2005
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, January 21 to 22, 2005
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, January 2005
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5436323, 5436331, 5436326, 5436324, 5436325, 5436327, 5436328, 5436329, 5436330, 5436332, 5436333.