High Wind in Yankton, South Dakota

High Wind January 18, 2026 · Yankton, South Dakota

58 mph

Measured gust (50 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Sustained winds reached around 40 mph at times with a peak gust of 58 mph at a South Dakota Road Weather Information System site 10 miles north of Yankton.

The wider storm

A secondary arctic frontal zone crashed southeast across the region with yet another increase in winds, spotty light snowfall, and patchy blowing snow.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1315279. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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