High Wind, Pennington Co Plains
- When
- March 14, 7:30 AM MST to 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington Co Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in South Dakota, March 14, 2025
Strong northwesterly winds developed across much of the western and south-central South Dakota plains behind an exiting low-pressure system. The strongest winds were generally during the late morning and afternoon hours, when some gusts to near 70 mph were recorded across the area.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 17 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
- 17
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.
Strong northwesterly winds developed across much of the western and south-central South Dakota plains behind an exiting low-pressure system. The strongest winds were generally during the late morning and afternoon hours, when some gusts to near 70 mph were recorded across the area.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
17 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Custer Co Plains
- When
- March 14, 8:30 AM MST to 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Custer Co Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.678, -103.451 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northern Oglala Lakota
- When
- March 14, 8:30 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Oglala Lakota forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.336, -102.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Western Fall River
- When
- March 14, 9:00 AM MST to 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- Western Fall River forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.239, -103.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northern Jackson
- When
- March 14, 9:30 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Jackson forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.694, -101.628 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northern Meade Co Plains
- When
- March 14, 10:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Meade Co Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Haakon
- When
- March 14, 10:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Haakon forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.294, -101.540 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Butte
- When
- March 14, 10:30 AM MST to 11:30 AM MST
- Where
- Butte forecast zone
- Measured
- 38 kt (44 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.906, -103.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Rapid City
- When
- March 14, 11:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Rapid City forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Meade Co Plains
- When
- March 14, 11:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Meade Co Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Ziebach
- When
- March 14, 11:30 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Ziebach forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.980, -101.666 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Mellette
- When
- March 14, 12:30 PM CST to 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mellette forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.581, -100.760 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Todd
- When
- March 14, 12:30 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Todd forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.193, -100.718 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Jackson
- When
- March 14, 12:30 PM MST to 1:30 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Jackson forecast zone
- Measured
- 37 kt (43 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.694, -101.628 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Bennett
- When
- March 14, 12:30 PM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Bennett forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.195, -101.664 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Oglala Lakota
- When
- March 14, 1:00 PM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Oglala Lakota forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.336, -102.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Tripp
- When
- March 14, 4:00 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tripp forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph) measured sustained
- Reported by
- ASOS
- 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.
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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: 1236310, 1236298, 1236313, 1236312, 1236315, 1236270, 1236311, 1236269, 1236296, 1236321, 1236295, 1236318, 1236319, 1236316, 1236317, 1236314, 1236320.