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Monday, Oct. 12, 2026
High 88, low 57, no rain
12:01 a.m. to 11:57 p.m., 65 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: 7:30 a.m. Oct. 12 to 7:30 a.m. Oct. 13. 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-83, Cannon City 0.7 ESE, 4.0 miles from Faribault.
Day-1 forecasts, °F
Actual at KFBL: high 88°, low 57°.
| Model | Forecast High | High Miss | Forecast Low | Low Miss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAM · Aguacero | 83° | 4.8° cold | 58° | 0.6° warm |
| NAM · Open-Meteo | 83° | 5.2° cold | 57° | 0.2° cold |
| GFS · Open-Meteo | 83° | 4.4° cold | 60° | 2.7° warm |
| GFS · Aguacero | 84° | 4.3° cold | 60° | 2.9° warm |
| Euro (9 km) · Open-Meteo | 83° | 4.4° cold | 61° | 3.4° warm |
| Euro · Aguacero | 83° | 4.4° cold | 61° | 3.6° warm |
| Euro · Open-Meteo | 84° | 4.1° cold | 61° | 3.9° warm |
| NBM · Open-Meteo | 83° | 5.2° cold | 60° | 2.9° warm |
| HRRR · Open-Meteo | 80° | 7.4° cold | 58° | 0.9° warm |
| HRRR · Aguacero | 80° | 7.5° cold | 58° | 1.0° warm |
| NWS grid · Aguacero | 82° | 5.9° cold | 61° | 3.9° warm |
| GEM · Open-Meteo | 89° | 1.6° warm | 66° | 9.0° warm |
| ICON · Open-Meteo | 83° | 5.1° cold | 64° | 6.3° warm |
| ICON · Aguacero | 82° | 5.7° cold | 63° | 6.0° warm |
| NWS | 84° | 3.8° cold | 69° | 11.8° 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 7:24 a.m. / Sunset 6:34 p.m.
11 hr 9 min of daylight
Moon That Night
Waxing Crescent
5% 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.
NWS Chanhassen (KMPX), 32 seconds
- Straight River 3 mi SE of FaribaultGauge out of service
- Cannon River 5 mi N of FaribaultHigh 9.78 ft at 11:45 a.m., low 9.74 ft at 9:45 p.m.
- Peak Air Quality Open-Meteo (CAMS air quality model)AQI 50, Good, at midnight