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:
Bowdle 46
Eagle Butte 46
South Whitlock 46
Gettysburg 41
Herried 39
La Plant 47
Lowry 49
McLaughlin 40
Onida 44
Philip 62
Timber Lake 44
Mud Butte 48
Mound City 44
Midland 65
Wasta 67
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