High Wind, Harding
- When
- January 4, 7:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Harding forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -103.496 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in South Dakota, January 4, 2022
A fast-moving Arctic cold front brought strong winds to much of the western South Dakota plains during the late morning and afternoon hours. Wind gusts over 70 mph were reported from the northwestern to west central and south central South Dakota plains.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 14 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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- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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 fast-moving Arctic cold front brought strong winds to much of the western South Dakota plains during the late morning and afternoon hours. Wind gusts over 70 mph were reported from the northwestern to west central and south central South Dakota plains.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
14 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Perkins
- When
- January 4, 9:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 45.491, -102.476 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Butte
- When
- January 4, 10:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Butte forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.906, -103.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northern Meade Co Plains
- When
- January 4, 10:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Meade Co Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Ziebach
- When
- January 4, 10:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Ziebach forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.980, -101.666 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Pennington Co Plains
- When
- January 4, 10:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington Co Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Custer Co Plains
- When
- January 4, 11:00 AM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Custer Co Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.678, -103.451 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Haakon
- When
- January 4, 11:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Haakon forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.294, -101.540 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Meade Co Plains
- When
- January 4, 11:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Meade Co Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Jackson
- When
- January 4, 12:00 PM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.694, -101.628 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Mellette
- When
- January 4, 1:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mellette forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.581, -100.760 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Todd
- When
- January 4, 1:00 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Todd forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.193, -100.718 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sturgis / Piedmont Foothills
- When
- January 4, 12:00 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sturgis / Piedmont Foothills forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Tripp
- When
- January 4, 1:30 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tripp forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- 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
- Extreme Cold in South Dakota, January 4 to 7, 2022
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Montana, January 4 to 7, 2022
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, January 4 to 6, 2022
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 4 to 5, 2022
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Wyoming, January 4 to 7, 2022
- Cold in Montana, January 4 to 7, 2022
- High Wind in South Dakota, January 4, 2022
- High Wind in South Dakota, January 4 to 5, 2022
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Wyoming, January 4 to 6, 2022
- High Wind in Colorado, January 4, 2022
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 4 to 5, 2022
- Flooding in Illinois, January 4 to 17, 2022
More
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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: 994357, 994358, 994359, 994372, 994373, 994378, 994377, 994385, 994442, 994387, 994417, 994421, 994441, 994425.