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High Wind in Chuska Mountains and Defiance Plateau, Arizona
High Wind February 18, 2026 · Chuska Mountains and Defiance Plateau, Arizona
What the National Weather Service wrote
A peak wind gust of 58 mph was measured at the Window Rock Airport ASOS (KRQE).
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 1306924. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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