High Wind in White Mountains, Arizona

High Wind February 18, 2026 · White Mountains, Arizona

62 mph

Measured gust (54 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Sustained winds at or near 40 mph occurred for 7 hours and 20 minutes at the Show Low airport AWOS site (KSOW). A peak wind gust of 62 mph was recorded at 9:35 AM.

The wider storm

The second of three winter storms moved in on the morning of February 18th and departed quickly on the night of February 18th. This was a colder storm with more snow than the previous one, however, the bigger impact was the high winds. This storm caused near blizzard conditions at times as well as blowing and drifting snow and lower snowfall amounts than expected.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1306805. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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