High Wind, Corson
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Corson forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- RAWS
- Coordinates
- 45.709, -101.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in South Dakota, February 1, 2022
A frontal passage was followed by strong winds and falling temperatures on the morning of February 1st. Sustained winds topped out around 40 mph at a few sites, with a peak wind of 67 mph in the Hillhead area on the northern tip of the Sisseton Hills.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 13 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Floods
- Wind
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- 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
- 13
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 ABR wrote it up.
A frontal passage was followed by strong winds and falling temperatures on the morning of February 1st. Sustained winds topped out around 40 mph at a few sites, with a peak wind of 67 mph in the Hillhead area on the northern tip of the Sisseton Hills. This event began late on the 31st of January.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 31, 5:48 PM CST, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 5:48 PM CST, 6 hours 12 minutes before
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The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
13 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Campbell
- When
- February 1, 12:05 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Campbell forecast zone
- Measured
- 36 kt (41 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.771, -100.052 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Dewey
- When
- February 1, 12:07 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dewey forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.157, -100.872 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Hughes
- When
- February 1, 12:22 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hughes forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 44.389, -99.996 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Walworth
- When
- February 1, 12:31 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Walworth forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 45.430, -100.032 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Day
- When
- February 1, 1:47 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Day forecast zone
- Measured
- 36 kt (41 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.367, -97.607 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Brown
- When
- February 1, 3:07 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Brown forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.590, -98.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Roberts
- When
- February 1, 3:21 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Roberts forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.630, -96.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Grant
- When
- February 1, 3:21 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Grant forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 45.172, -96.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Edmunds
- When
- February 1, 3:56 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Edmunds forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.419, -99.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Marshall
- When
- February 1, 3:59 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- RAWS
- Coordinates
- 45.759, -97.598 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, McPherson
- When
- February 1, 4:37 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- McPherson forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- RAWS
- Coordinates
- 45.766, -99.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Clark
- When
- February 1, 7:58 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clark forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.858, -97.729 (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
- Winter Storm and Extreme Cold in New Mexico, February 1 to 4, 2022
- Winter Storm in Missouri, February 1 to 4, 2022
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Vermont, February 1, 2022
- Drought in Oklahoma, February 1 to 28, 2022
- Blizzard and High Wind in North Dakota, February 1, 2022
- Drought in New Mexico, February 1 to 28, 2022
- Drought in California, February 1 to 28, 2022
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, February 1 to 3, 2022
- Heavy Snow in Missouri, February 1 to 3, 2022
- Drought in Texas, February 1 to 28, 2022
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Kansas, February 1 to 3, 2022
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Texas, February 1 to 3, 2022
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, February 2022
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1002184, 1002183, 1002185, 1002190, 1002187, 1002182, 1002192, 1002188, 1010241, 1002191, 1002186, 1002189, 1002171.