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Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026
High 72, low 52, 0.01 in. of rain
Midnight to 11:59 p.m., 71 seconds, looking southeast
Rebuilt from the camera's full-size frames after the day ended. No radar loop was kept for this day.
KFBL (Faribault airport), over The airport's day Midnight to midnight standard time all year (1 a.m. to 1 a.m. in daylight time): the day the airport's high and low cover. This site's report card: midnight to midnight standard time. Rain: NCEP Stage IV at Faribault for the local calendar day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet. Normals: NOAA 1991–2020. Records: Faribault co-op, 1895-2011.
The observer's 24 hours: 7:30 a.m. Oct. 3 to 7:30 a.m. Oct. 4. The estimate covers the 24 hours to 7 a.m. (6 a.m. in winter). Volunteer gauge readings from CoCoRaHS; estimate from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The usual observer (MN-RC-45, Faribault 1.7 N) didn't report, so this is the nearest station that did: MN-RC-94, Faribault 1.2 NNE, 1.4 miles from Faribault.
Day-1 forecasts, °F
Actual at KFBL: high 72°, low 52°.
| Model | Forecast High | High Miss | Forecast Low | Low Miss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GFS · Open-Meteo | 67° | 4.2° cold | 47° | 4.4° cold |
| Euro (9 km) · Open-Meteo | 66° | 5.8° cold | 49° | 2.9° cold |
| GFS · Aguacero | 67° | 4.8° cold | 47° | 4.8° cold |
| NAM · Open-Meteo | 63° | 8.2° cold | 50° | 1.8° cold |
| Euro · Open-Meteo | 64° | 7.3° cold | 49° | 2.8° cold |
| Euro · Aguacero | 64° | 7.6° cold | 49° | 3.1° cold |
| ICON · Open-Meteo | 64° | 7.2° cold | 48° | 3.6° cold |
| GEM · Open-Meteo | 64° | 7.3° cold | 48° | 4.1° cold |
| NWS | 66° | 5.6° cold | 45° | 6.8° cold |
| NWS grid · Aguacero | 66° | 5.7° cold | 45° | 6.8° cold |
| NAM · Aguacero | 61° | 11.1° cold | 50° | 1.6° cold |
| HRRR · Open-Meteo | 62° | 9.8° cold | 47° | 4.7° cold |
| ICON · Aguacero | 62° | 9.7° cold | 47° | 5.2° cold |
| HRRR · Aguacero | 60° | 12.0° cold | 47° | 4.9° cold |
Forecasts logged at 10:40 a.m. the day before (day 1; 9:40 a.m. in winter). The Report Card scores the models over months. Warm means the forecast was too high. Days are scored midnight to midnight Central Standard Time.
°F, mph, inches
Temperature (band colors)Dew pointWindGustsPressure
Sunrise 7:13 a.m. / Sunset 6:50 p.m.
11 hr 37 min of daylight
Moon That Night
Last Quarter
48% lit
Aurora watch: peak Kp 3.3. In Faribault an aurora is possible at Kp 7 or more. NOAA SWPC planetary K-index, 3-hour periods.
Rice County
A quiet day: no warnings, watches or advisories for Rice County, no storm reports and no severe outlook.
No radar loop for this day.
- Straight River 3 mi SE of FaribaultGauge out of service
- Cannon River 5 mi N of FaribaultHigh 10.73 ft at midnight, low 10.55 ft at 11 p.m.
- Peak Air Quality Open-Meteo (CAMS air quality model)AQI 33, Good, at 8 p.m.