High Wind, Harding
- When
- December 4, 11:00 AM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Harding forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 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, December 4, 2023
A cold front brought strong winds to the northwest and west central South Dakota plains during the late morning and afternoon hours. Northwesterly winds of 25 to 45 mph and gusts to over 60 mph were recorded.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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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- 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
- 9
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 cold front brought strong winds to the northwest and west central South Dakota plains during the late morning and afternoon hours. Northwesterly winds of 25 to 45 mph and gusts to over 60 mph were recorded.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Northern Meade Co Plains
- When
- December 4, 11:30 AM MST to 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Meade Co Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Haakon
- When
- December 4, 11:30 AM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Haakon forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.294, -101.540 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Butte
- When
- December 4, 12:00 PM MST to 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Butte forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.906, -103.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Perkins
- When
- December 4, 12:30 PM MST to 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Perkins forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.491, -102.476 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northern Perkins
- When
- December 4, 1:30 PM MST to 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Perkins forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.491, -102.476 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Meade Co Plains
- When
- December 4, 1:30 PM MST to 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Meade Co Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Pennington Co Plains
- When
- December 4, 2:00 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington Co Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northern Jackson
- When
- December 4, 2:30 PM MST to 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Jackson forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.694, -101.628 (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
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maine, December 4, 2023
- Freezing Fog in Kentucky, December 4 to 5, 2023
- Flood and Heat in Washington, December 4 to 6, 2023
- Strong Wind in South Dakota, December 4, 2023
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in Washington, December 4 to 6, 2023
- High Wind in South Dakota, December 4, 2023
- Freezing Fog in Missouri, December 4 to 5, 2023
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 4 to 7, 2023
- Freezing Fog in Illinois, December 4 to 5, 2023
- Freezing Fog in Indiana, December 4 to 5, 2023
- Flood in Oregon, December 4 to 5, 2023
- High Wind in Montana, December 4, 2023
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1143580, 1143584, 1143586, 1143583, 1143582, 1143581, 1143588, 1143585, 1143587.