The storm system that brought blizzard conditions to the North Dakota/Minnesota boarder to North Central Iowa packed a punch as it ripped across the state in the early morning hours of December 28th. Mobridge saw a 44 degree temperature swing overnight with from Saturday’s high of 46.9 degrees to just 3 degrees Sunday morning at 6:00 a.m. CST. The Mobridge Municipal Airport recorded at peak wind gust at 1:52 a.m. of 46 mph. Windchill values hit -22 below. at 1:52 a.m.
Wind gusts recorded December 27 and 28th at various SDSU Mesonets:
- Agar 52
- Bowdle 51
- Eagle Butte 46
- South Whitlock 46
- Gettysburg 41
- Herried 39
- La Plant 47
- Lowry 49
- McLaughlin 40
- Onida 44
- Philip 62
- Ridgeview 52
- Timber Lake 44
- Mud Butte 48
- Mound City 44
- Midland 65
- Wasta 67
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