Winter Storm, Mellette
- When
- March 4, 2:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Mellette forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 43.581, -100.760 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in South Dakota, March 4, 2025
A strong upper-level system passed across the central Plains. This system clipped portions of south-central South Dakota with some snow and very strong winds.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 UNR wrote it up.
A strong upper-level system passed across the central Plains. This system clipped portions of south-central South Dakota with some snow and very strong winds. The most impactful snowfall was across Tripp County and eastern parts of Mellette and Todd counties, where amounts up to 6 inches, along with wind gusts to over 50 mph, produced very low visibility and near blizzard conditions due to blowing snow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Todd
- When
- March 4, 2:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Todd forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 43.193, -100.718 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Tripp
- When
- March 4, 4:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Tripp forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 43.346, -99.884 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Blizzard and High Wind in Iowa, March 4 to 5, 2025
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: 1235290, 1235291, 1235292.