High Wind in Buena Vista, Iowa

High Wind November 25, 2025 – November 26, 2025 · Buena Vista, Iowa

58 mph

Measured gust (50 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Sustained winds reached 40 to 44 mph at times with a peak gust of 58 mph at an Automated Weather Observing System site 2 miles southwest of Storm Lake.

The wider storm

Intense low pressure developed across northern South Dakota and pushed eastward into Minnesota on the night of November 25-26. A very intense pressure gradient on the western flank of the system produced widespread winds which gusted from 50 to 75 mph, with the highest wind gusts noted through the Missouri River corridor and along the Buffalo Ridge.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1299680. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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