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Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026
High 90, low 63, 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. 10 to 7 a.m. Oct. 11. 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 90°, low 63°.
| Model | Forecast High | High Miss | Forecast Low | Low Miss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS grid · Aguacero | 86° | 3.7° cold | 63° | 0.5° warm |
| ICON · Open-Meteo | 85° | 4.2° cold | 63° | 0.0° |
| GFS · Open-Meteo | 86° | 4.1° cold | 62° | 1.0° cold |
| ICON · Aguacero | 84° | 5.2° cold | 62° | 0.3° cold |
| NWS | 85° | 4.6° cold | 61° | 1.6° cold |
| NBM · Open-Meteo | 84° | 5.6° cold | 61° | 1.4° cold |
| GFS · Aguacero | 84° | 6.1° cold | 61° | 1.2° cold |
| HRRR · Open-Meteo | 82° | 7.2° cold | 62° | 1.0° cold |
| GEM · Open-Meteo | 84° | 5.3° cold | 66° | 3.3° warm |
| HRRR · Aguacero | 82° | 8.0° cold | 61° | 1.2° cold |
| NAM · Open-Meteo | 83° | 7.1° cold | 60° | 2.6° cold |
| Euro · Open-Meteo | 82° | 7.3° cold | 60° | 2.8° cold |
| Euro (9 km) · Open-Meteo | 82° | 7.4° cold | 60° | 2.8° cold |
| Euro · Aguacero | 82° | 7.7° cold | 60° | 3.1° cold |
| NAM · Aguacero | 83° | 7.0° cold | 59° | 3.9° 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 7:22 a.m. / Sunset 6:37 p.m.
11 hr 15 min of daylight
Moon That Night
New Moon
0% lit
Aurora watch: peak Kp 7.0. 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), 28 seconds
- Straight River 3 mi SE of FaribaultGauge out of service
- Cannon River 5 mi N of FaribaultHigh 9.91 ft at 1:45 a.m., low 9.79 ft at 10:15 p.m.
- Peak Air Quality Open-Meteo (CAMS air quality model)AQI 70, Moderate, at 9 p.m.