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Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026
High 81, low 48, no rain
Midnight to 11:59 p.m., 72 seconds, looking southeast
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 a.m. Oct. 6 to 7 a.m. Oct. 7. 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.
Day-1 forecasts, °F
Actual at KFBL: high 81°, low 48°.
| Model | Forecast High | High Miss | Forecast Low | Low Miss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEM · Open-Meteo | 79° | 1.2° cold | 57° | 9.1° warm |
| NWS grid · Aguacero | 77° | 3.7° cold | 55° | 6.7° warm |
| HRRR · Open-Meteo | 74° | 6.4° cold | 52° | 4.2° warm |
| NAM · Aguacero | 77° | 3.4° cold | 56° | 7.8° warm |
| GFS · Open-Meteo | 78° | 2.4° cold | 57° | 8.9° warm |
| HRRR · Aguacero | 73° | 7.3° cold | 52° | 4.1° warm |
| NWS | 77° | 3.6° cold | 56° | 7.8° warm |
| GFS · Aguacero | 77° | 3.4° cold | 57° | 8.3° warm |
| NAM · Open-Meteo | 76° | 4.6° cold | 56° | 7.4° warm |
| ICON · Open-Meteo | 76° | 4.8° cold | 56° | 8.0° warm |
| ICON · Aguacero | 75° | 5.7° cold | 56° | 7.4° warm |
| Euro · Open-Meteo | 74° | 6.5° cold | 56° | 8.1° warm |
| Euro (9 km) · Open-Meteo | 74° | 6.7° cold | 56° | 7.9° warm |
| Euro · Aguacero | 74° | 6.9° cold | 56° | 7.8° warm |
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 7:17 a.m. / Sunset 6:44 p.m.
11 hr 27 min of daylight
Moon That Night
Waning Crescent
17% lit
Aurora watch: peak Kp 3.0. 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.
NWS Chanhassen (KMPX), 27 seconds
- Straight River 3 mi SE of FaribaultGauge out of service
- Cannon River 5 mi N of FaribaultHigh 10.30 ft at 12:30 p.m., low 10.19 ft at 10:30 p.m.
- Peak Air Quality Open-Meteo (CAMS air quality model)AQI 34, Good, at 7 p.m.