High Wind in Dickey, North Dakota

High Wind March 12, 2026 · Dickey, North Dakota

71 mph

Measured gust (62 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Oakes AWOS reported wind gusts to 71 mph.

The wider storm

A surface low pressure system passed over North Dakota and deepened over the Red River Valley. This, combined with strong winds aloft mixing down, resulted in very strong wind gusts over much of western and central North Dakota. The strongest wind gust reported was 89 mph which occurred at Hettinger in Adams County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1321882. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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