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Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026
High 55, low 46, no rain
12:02 a.m. to 11:56 p.m., 66 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. 14 to 7 a.m. Oct. 15. 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 55°, low 46°.
| Model | Forecast High | High Miss | Forecast Low | Low Miss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAM · Aguacero | 57° | 1.5° warm | 46° | 0.3° cold |
| ICON · Open-Meteo | 58° | 2.1° warm | 47° | 0.1° warm |
| ICON · Aguacero | 57° | 1.5° warm | 48° | 1.1° warm |
| HRRR · Open-Meteo | 53° | 2.0° cold | 45° | 1.3° cold |
| HRRR · Aguacero | 53° | 2.2° cold | 45° | 1.1° cold |
| GEM · Open-Meteo | 58° | 2.8° warm | 45° | 1.9° cold |
| NBM · Open-Meteo | 60° | 4.2° warm | 45° | 1.6° cold |
| NWS grid · Aguacero | 60° | 4.6° warm | 45° | 1.4° cold |
| NAM · Open-Meteo | 58° | 2.3° warm | 43° | 3.8° cold |
| Euro (9 km) · Open-Meteo | 60° | 4.2° warm | 50° | 3.5° warm |
| Euro · Aguacero | 60° | 4.2° warm | 50° | 3.6° warm |
| NWS | 61° | 5.6° warm | 44° | 2.4° cold |
| GFS · Open-Meteo | 61° | 5.7° warm | 44° | 2.3° cold |
| GFS · Aguacero | 61° | 5.6° warm | 44° | 2.5° cold |
| Euro · Open-Meteo | 60° | 4.4° warm | 50° | 3.9° 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 7:27 a.m. / Sunset 6:30 p.m.
11 hr 4 min of daylight
Moon That Night
Waxing Crescent
16% 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), 19 seconds
- Straight River 3 mi SE of FaribaultHigh 4.33 ft at 2:45 a.m., low 4.29 ft at 8:30 p.m.
- Cannon River 5 mi N of FaribaultHigh 9.80 ft at 11:15 a.m., low 9.70 ft at 10:30 p.m.
- Peak Air Quality Open-Meteo (CAMS air quality model)AQI 31, Good, at 6 p.m.