High Wind in Lyon, Minnesota

High Wind March 28, 2026 · Lyon, Minnesota

72 mph

Measured gust (63 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Sustained winds were between 40 and 46 mph at times, with gusts as high as 63 mph at a Minnesota Department of Transportation site near Florence.

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 1327856. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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