High Wind, Hughes
- When
- March 21, 7:56 PM CST
- Where
- Hughes forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.389, -99.996 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in South Dakota, March 21, 2026
Strong winds followed a cold front during the afternoon of March 21st. The South Dakota Department of Transportation mesonet station 9 miles east southeast of Rosseau recorded a peak wind gust of 62 mph.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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What happened
The episode as NWS ABR wrote it up.
Strong winds followed a cold front during the afternoon of March 21st. The South Dakota Department of Transportation mesonet station 9 miles east southeast of Rosseau recorded a peak wind gust of 62 mph.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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: 1315924.