Winter Weather — Northern Foot Hills, South Dakota

2022-02-21 to 2022-02-22 · Northern Foot Hills, South Dakota

Wider weather episode

A large upper trough brought a couple of disturbances across the region, resulting in periods of snow across a good portion of western South Dakota. The first disturbance brought snow across northwestern South Dakota and a couple of bands of heavier snowfall through northern portions of Harding and Perkins Counties. Snowfall of two to four inches were common across northwestern South Dakota, with four to eight inches and locally higher amounts within the heavier bands close to the North Dakota border. The next disturbance brought snow mostly to southwestern into south central South Dakota, which produced mostly two to four inches across these areas.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1001468. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.