High Wind in Charles Mix, South Dakota

High Wind May 14, 2026 · Charles Mix, South Dakota

62 mph

Measured gust (54 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Sustained winds were briefly between 40 and 48 mph, with gusts as high as 62 mph at a South Dakota Mesonet site 3 miles north-northwest of Academy and 61 mph at a South Dakota Road Weather Information System site at Platte-Winner Bridge.

The wider storm

Strong low-level flow ahead of an eastward advancing front combined with scattered showers to produce sporadic high winds across southeast South Dakota on May 14.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1343848. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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