High Wind, Southern Cook
- When
- October 26, 5:00 AM CST to October 27, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Southern Cook forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 47.817, -90.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Minnesota, October 26 to 27, 2010
An unusually strong storm system brought damaging winds to northeast Minnesota. The storm set record low barometric pressure readings to Minnesota, which bottomed out near Bigfork.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 1
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 DLH wrote it up.
An unusually strong storm system brought damaging winds to northeast Minnesota. The storm set record low barometric pressure readings to Minnesota, which bottomed out near Bigfork. The counterclockwise flow around the system brought very gusty southwest winds which brought down trees and power lines. Two boats were ripped from their moorings in Grand Marais, and the roof of the municipal pool was damaged. Trees were reported blown down along the Gunflint Trail.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, October 26, 2010
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, October 26, 2010
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, October 26, 2010
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, October 26, 2010
- Strong Wind in Illinois, October 26 to 27, 2010
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Virginia, October 26 to 27, 2010
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, October 26, 2010
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, October 26, 2010
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Carolina, October 26 to 27, 2010
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, October 26, 2010
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, October 26, 2010
- High Wind in Wisconsin, October 26 to 27, 2010
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, October 2010
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: 264860.