High Wind in Cerro Gordo, Iowa

High Wind August 6, 2025 · Cerro Gordo, Iowa

60 mph

Measured gust (52 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A non-thunderstorm wind gust measured at the Mason City airport on the backside of an eroding area of rain.

The wider storm

A line of non severe storms with trailing area of stratiform passed across Iowa on the morning of August 6th. While the storms did not produce any severe storms, as the rain tapered off, evaporation on the edge of an eroding area of rain resulted in a gust of 60 mph at the Mason city airport.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1294458. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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