High Wind in Clay, South Dakota

High Wind April 14, 2025 · Clay, South Dakota

60 mph

Measured gust (52 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Aided by rain showers, winds briefly gusted above 58 mph, with a peak gust of 60 mph at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Irene.

The wider storm

West-northwest synoptic winds gusted between 45 and 55 mph across southeast South Dakota during the afternoon and early evening of April 14 within a post-frontal cold air advection regime. Scattered showers developed, helping to bring even stronger severe gusts to the surface at a few locations. Peak gusts at these locations ranged from 58 to 62 mph.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1256328. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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