High Wind in South Dakota, December 9 to 10, 2025

Name: High Wind in South Dakota, December 9 to 10, 2025
Start: 2025-12-09T16:10
End: 2025-12-10T06:00
Location: South Dakota

December 9 to 10, 2025 · NWS ABR · 23 events in 23 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 23 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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 23

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 low-pressure system zipped across northeast South Dakota, resulting in powerful northwest winds. Widespread wind gusts in excess of 58 mph were reported, with 55 total reports of high winds associated with this system. The highest recorded gust reached 77 mph at the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) weather station in Clark. The Aberdeen Regional Airport ASOS recorded a peak gust of 74 mph. The winds caused significant damage in Aberdeen, including blown-over trees, fence damage, and shattered windows at a downtown business. Power outages affected 4,267 residents across the region, including 1,791 in Brown County and 1,192 in Spink County.

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 Dec 8, 5:29 PM CST, 22 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 5:29 PM CST, 22 hours 41 minutes before

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

23 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Hughes

When: December 9, 4:10 PM CST to December 10, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Hughes forecast zone
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 44.389, -99.996 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Corson

When: December 9, 6:46 PM CST to December 10, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Corson forecast zone
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 45.709, -101.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Stanley

When: December 9, 7:22 PM CST to December 10, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Stanley forecast zone
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 44.412, -100.736 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Walworth

When: December 9, 7:29 PM CST to December 10, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Walworth forecast zone
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 45.430, -100.032 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Roberts

When: December 9, 7:31 PM CST to December 10, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Roberts forecast zone
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 45.630, -96.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Hand

When: December 9, 7:36 PM CST to December 10, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Hand forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by: RAWS
Coordinates: 44.548, -99.005 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Potter

When: December 9, 8:55 PM CST to December 10, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Potter forecast zone
Measured: 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 45.065, -99.957 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, McPherson

When: December 9, 8:57 PM CST to December 10, 3:00 AM CST
Where: McPherson forecast zone
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 45.766, -99.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Campbell

When: December 9, 9:15 PM CST to December 10, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Campbell forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 45.771, -100.052 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Edmunds

When: December 9, 9:26 PM CST to December 10, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Edmunds forecast zone
Measured: 66 kt (76 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 45.419, -99.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Faulk

When: December 9, 9:27 PM CST to December 10, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Faulk forecast zone
Measured: 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 45.071, -99.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Brown

When: December 9, 9:30 PM CST to December 10, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Brown forecast zone
Measured: 64 kt (74 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 45.590, -98.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High winds caused damage throughout the city of Aberdeen. A large branch fell on the south side of town, damaging a vehicle and a street light, while a downtown storefront window was shattered. Additionally, a section of fence was blown down at the residence of a National Weather Service employee. Power was lost for 1,791 residents.

High Wind, Spink

When: December 9, 9:41 PM CST to December 10, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Spink forecast zone
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 44.938, -98.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A peak wind gust of 69 mph was recorded by the South Dakota Department of Transportation weather station located three miles south of Conde. The windstorm resulted in power outages for 1,192 residents.

High Wind, Dewey

When: December 9, 9:47 PM CST to December 10, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Dewey forecast zone
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 45.157, -100.872 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Hyde

When: December 9, 10:00 PM CST to December 10, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Hyde forecast zone
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 44.547, -99.487 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Lyman

When: December 9, 10:06 PM CST to December 10, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Lyman forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.896, -99.847 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Sully

When: December 9, 10:11 PM CST to December 10, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Sully forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 44.716, -100.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Clark

When: December 9, 10:12 PM CST to December 10, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Clark forecast zone
Measured: 67 kt (77 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 44.858, -97.729 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The South Dakota Department of Transportation weather station seven miles east of Clark measured a peak gust of 77 mph. Power outages affected 887 residents in the county.

High Wind, Day

When: December 9, 10:20 PM CST to December 10, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Day forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 45.367, -97.607 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Buffalo

When: December 9, 10:41 PM CST to December 10, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Buffalo forecast zone
Measured: 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 44.076, -99.205 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Codington

When: December 9, 11:15 PM CST to December 10, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Codington forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 44.978, -97.189 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Deuel

When: December 9, 11:17 PM CST to December 10, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Deuel forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 44.760, -96.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Hamlin

When: December 9, 11:38 PM CST to December 10, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Hamlin forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 44.674, -97.188 (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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in South Dakota in 2025 Every state in 2025 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, December 2025

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: 1299979, 1299974, 1299995, 1299981, 1299984, 1299996, 1299994, 1300009, 1300014, 1300002, 1300005, 1299999, 1300003, 1300017, 1300011, 1300035, 1300038, 1300019, 1302443, 1300032, 1300042, 1300039, 1300036.