High Wind in Cottonwood, Minnesota

High Wind March 28, 2026 · Cottonwood, Minnesota

44 mph

Measured sustained (38 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Sustained winds were between 40 and 44 mph at times at a Minnesota Department of Transportation site near Jeffers.

The wider storm

Strong south-southwest wind developed within a tight surface pressure gradient between a departing high pressure system and developing low pressure system across the Northern Rockies. Deep daytime mixing allowed for isolated sustained winds around 40 mph and gusts to 63 mph across southwest Minnesota.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1327854. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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