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Friday, Oct. 16, 2026
High 53, low 30, 0.12 in. of rain
12:03 a.m. to 11:57 p.m., 68 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: 6 a.m. Oct. 16 to 6 a.m. Oct. 17. 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-89, Faribault 1.2 W, 1.8 miles from Faribault.
Day-1 forecasts, °F
Actual at KFBL: high 53°, low 30°.
| Model | Forecast High | High Miss | Forecast Low | Low Miss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAM · Aguacero | 49° | 4.3° cold | 33° | 3.4° warm |
| GEM · Open-Meteo | 46° | 6.7° cold | 31° | 1.4° warm |
| NAM · Open-Meteo | 47° | 5.8° cold | 33° | 3.0° warm |
| NWS grid · Aguacero | 47° | 6.1° cold | 33° | 3.3° warm |
| NBM · Open-Meteo | 48° | 4.7° cold | 34° | 4.7° warm |
| ICON · Open-Meteo | 49° | 4.1° cold | 36° | 6.3° warm |
| ICON · Aguacero | 48° | 4.7° cold | 36° | 6.1° warm |
| Euro · Aguacero | 51° | 2.2° cold | 39° | 8.8° warm |
| Euro · Open-Meteo | 51° | 1.9° cold | 39° | 9.1° warm |
| Euro (9 km) · Open-Meteo | 51° | 1.9° cold | 39° | 9.2° warm |
| HRRR · Aguacero | 46° | 7.6° cold | 34° | 4.3° warm |
| GFS · Open-Meteo | 50° | 2.8° cold | 39° | 9.1° warm |
| HRRR · Open-Meteo | 46° | 7.5° cold | 34° | 4.4° warm |
| GFS · Aguacero | 50° | 3.4° cold | 39° | 8.8° warm |
| NWS | 48° | 5.1° cold | 42° | 12.3° 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 7:29 a.m. / Sunset 6:27 p.m.
10 hr 58 min of daylight
Moon That Night
Waxing Crescent
32% lit
Aurora watch: peak Kp 3.7. 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 FaribaultHigh 4.68 ft at 11:30 p.m., low 4.54 ft at 9 a.m.
- Cannon River 5 mi N of FaribaultHigh 10.26 ft at 7:15 a.m., low 9.97 ft at midnight
- Peak Air Quality Open-Meteo (CAMS air quality model)AQI 48, Good, at 3 a.m.