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Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026
High 59, low 28, no rain
Freeze Warning12:07 a.m. to 11:59 p.m., 70 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. 17 to 7 a.m. Oct. 18. 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 59°, low 28°.
| Model | Forecast High | High Miss | Forecast Low | Low Miss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAM · Open-Meteo | 56° | 3.7° cold | 30° | 2.3° warm |
| NAM · Aguacero | 56° | 3.2° cold | 31° | 2.9° warm |
| NWS | 57° | 2.2° cold | 32° | 4.1° warm |
| NWS grid · Aguacero | 57° | 2.3° cold | 34° | 6.2° warm |
| Euro (9 km) · Open-Meteo | 58° | 0.9° cold | 37° | 8.6° warm |
| Euro · Aguacero | 58° | 1.0° cold | 37° | 8.6° warm |
| Euro · Open-Meteo | 59° | 0.7° cold | 37° | 8.9° warm |
| ICON · Open-Meteo | 55° | 4.2° cold | 34° | 5.6° warm |
| NBM · Open-Meteo | 54° | 4.9° cold | 33° | 5.0° warm |
| ICON · Aguacero | 54° | 5.0° cold | 33° | 5.2° warm |
| GFS · Open-Meteo | 57° | 2.3° cold | 36° | 8.1° warm |
| GEM · Open-Meteo | 52° | 7.2° cold | 31° | 3.5° warm |
| GFS · Aguacero | 56° | 3.2° cold | 36° | 7.9° warm |
| HRRR · Open-Meteo | 52° | 7.7° cold | 34° | 5.7° warm |
| HRRR · Aguacero | 51° | 7.9° cold | 34° | 5.6° 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 7:31 a.m. / Sunset 6:25 p.m.
10 hr 55 min of daylight
Moon That Night
Waxing Crescent
41% lit
Aurora watch: peak Kp 3.0. In Faribault an aurora is possible at Kp 7 or more. NOAA SWPC planetary K-index, 3-hour periods.
Rice County
- Freeze Warning Issued midnight, until 9 a.m. Details
Storm Capture
- Freeze Warning Issued 1 a.m., expired 9 a.m.
- Freeze Warning Issued midnight, expired 9 a.m.
- Freeze Warning Issued 3:24 a.m., expired 9 a.m.
- Freeze Warning Issued 8:41 a.m., expired 9 a.m.
| For the Day | Forecast (HRRR run, 11 p.m. Oct. 15) | Recorded | Miss |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | 50° | 59° | 9° too low |
| Low | 33° | 28° | 5° too high |
| Rain | 0.00 in. | 0.00 in. | 0.00 in. |
| Peak gust | 33 mph | 30 mph | 3 mph too high |
The last model run saved before the first warning, for the hours of this day it covers (20). Recorded: high, low and gust at the Faribault airport (KFBL); rain from the radar-plus-gauge estimate (NCEP Stage IV).
NWS Chanhassen (KMPX), 17 seconds
- Straight River 3 mi SE of FaribaultHigh 4.86 ft at 6 p.m., low 4.69 ft at midnight
- Cannon River 5 mi N of FaribaultHigh 10.57 ft at 5 p.m., low 10.20 ft at midnight
- Peak Air Quality Open-Meteo (CAMS air quality model)AQI 33, Good, at 9 p.m.