High Wind in Northern High Plains, Montana

High Wind December 8, 2025 – December 9, 2025 · Northern High Plains, Montana

84 mph

Measured gust (73 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Two sensors measured gusts of 75 mph or greater or sustained winds, averaged over at least an hour, of 50 mph. These sensors include Dog Gun Lake E, Two Medicine Bridge.

The wider storm

Strong zonal flow coinciding with the passage of a shortwave trough was translated to the surface, primarily during the evening of the 8th and into the 9th over the plains and adjacent areas. The strongest winds were more isolated east of I-15 over the plains, but did occur.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1299061. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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