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Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026
High 74, low 40, no rain
Midnight to 11:59 p.m., 72 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. 21 to 7 a.m. Oct. 22. 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 74°, low 40°.
| Model | Forecast High | High Miss | Forecast Low | Low Miss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS | 71° | 2.6° cold | 48° | 8.4° warm |
| ICON · Aguacero | 70° | 3.2° cold | 48° | 7.9° warm |
| ICON · Open-Meteo | 71° | 2.9° cold | 48° | 8.5° warm |
| HRRR · Aguacero | 68° | 5.2° cold | 46° | 6.3° warm |
| HRRR · Open-Meteo | 69° | 5.0° cold | 46° | 6.5° warm |
| NBM · Open-Meteo | 71° | 2.7° cold | 48° | 8.8° warm |
| NWS grid · Aguacero | 70° | 3.5° cold | 48° | 8.3° warm |
| NAM · Open-Meteo | 67° | 6.5° cold | 46° | 6.3° warm |
| GFS · Open-Meteo | 71° | 2.5° cold | 50° | 10.4° warm |
| GFS · Aguacero | 70° | 3.2° cold | 50° | 10.1° warm |
| GEM · Open-Meteo | 68° | 5.4° cold | 48° | 8.7° warm |
| Euro · Aguacero | 69° | 4.7° cold | 49° | 9.8° warm |
| Euro · Open-Meteo | 69° | 4.4° cold | 50° | 10.1° warm |
| Euro (9 km) · Open-Meteo | 69° | 4.8° cold | 49° | 9.8° warm |
| NAM · Aguacero | 65° | 9.0° cold | 48° | 7.9° 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 7:36 a.m. / Sunset 6:19 p.m.
10 hr 43 min of daylight
Moon That Night
Waxing Gibbous
78% lit
Aurora watch: peak Kp 4.7. 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), 27 seconds
- Straight River 3 mi SE of FaribaultHigh 4.60 ft at midnight, low 4.54 ft at 9:15 p.m.
- Cannon River 5 mi N of FaribaultHigh 10.19 ft at 1:15 a.m., low 10.08 ft at 9 p.m.
- Peak Air Quality Open-Meteo (CAMS air quality model)AQI 42, Good, at 11 p.m.