High Wind, Grant
- When
- February 28, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Grant forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.172, -96.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in South Dakota, February 28, 2025
A cold front followed by high pressure generated strong winds across north central and central South Dakota, but the core of strongest winds passed mainly through northeast South Dakota during the morning of Friday, February 28th. A peak wind gust of 66 mph was recorded by the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) station in Peever, with 65 mph measured by the SDDOT station 7 miles…
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 cold front followed by high pressure generated strong winds across north central and central South Dakota, but the core of strongest winds passed mainly through northeast South Dakota during the morning of Friday, February 28th. A peak wind gust of 66 mph was recorded by the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) station in Peever, with 65 mph measured by the SDDOT station 7 miles northeast of Milbank. Five additional SDDOT weather stations in the northeast of the state would record a peak wind gust in excess of 58 mph.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Roberts
- When
- February 28, 10:01 AM CST
- Where
- Roberts forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.630, -96.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Edmunds
- When
- February 28, 10:06 AM CST
- Where
- Edmunds forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.419, -99.215 (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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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: 1231462, 1231461, 1231463.