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Friday, Oct. 9, 2026
High 72, low 43, no rain
Midnight to 11:59 p.m., 71 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. 9 to 7 a.m. Oct. 10. 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-63, Faribault 5.8 ENE, 5.6 miles from Faribault.
Day-1 forecasts, °F
Actual at KFBL: high 72°, low 43°.
| Model | Forecast High | High Miss | Forecast Low | Low Miss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICON · Open-Meteo | 69° | 3.1° cold | 43° | 0.6° warm |
| HRRR · Open-Meteo | 71° | 0.2° cold | 48° | 5.0° warm |
| HRRR · Aguacero | 71° | 0.4° cold | 48° | 4.9° warm |
| NAM · Open-Meteo | 70° | 2.0° cold | 46° | 3.4° warm |
| Euro (9 km) · Open-Meteo | 72° | 0.3° warm | 49° | 5.9° warm |
| GFS · Open-Meteo | 71° | 0.5° cold | 49° | 5.7° warm |
| ICON · Aguacero | 68° | 3.9° cold | 45° | 2.4° warm |
| NWS grid · Aguacero | 73° | 1.3° warm | 48° | 5.1° warm |
| Euro · Aguacero | 72° | 0.2° warm | 49° | 6.4° warm |
| GFS · Aguacero | 70° | 1.6° cold | 48° | 5.6° warm |
| Euro · Open-Meteo | 72° | 0.5° warm | 50° | 6.7° warm |
| NBM · Open-Meteo | 73° | 1.8° warm | 49° | 6.0° warm |
| NWS | 74° | 2.4° warm | 49° | 6.2° warm |
| GEM · Open-Meteo | 76° | 4.5° warm | 48° | 5.5° warm |
| NAM · Aguacero | 69° | 2.5° cold | 54° | 11.4° 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 7:21 a.m. / Sunset 6:39 p.m.
11 hr 18 min of daylight
Moon That Night
Waning Crescent
1% lit
Aurora watch: peak Kp 4.0. 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), 29 seconds
- Straight River 3 mi SE of FaribaultGauge out of service
- Cannon River 5 mi N of FaribaultHigh 10.00 ft at midnight, low 9.90 ft at 8:45 p.m.
- Peak Air Quality Open-Meteo (CAMS air quality model)AQI 42, Good, at 8 p.m.