Strong Wind in Brookings, South Dakota

Strong Wind January 21, 2026 · Brookings, South Dakota

48 mph

Measured gust (42 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Northwest winds were sustained from 30 to 38 mph with gusts as high as 48 mph in Brookings and 47 mph at a South Dakota Mesonet site at Volga.

The wider storm

Winds behind yet another arctic front reached speeds from 35 to 55 mph with gusts as high as 75 mph across southeast South Dakota. When periods of light snowfall occurred that would total between one and two inches north of Highway 18, gusty winds produced considerable near-blizzard and very brief blizzard conditions.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1315507. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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