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Friday, Oct. 23, 2026
High 75, low 58, 0.04 in. of 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: 6 a.m. Oct. 23 to 6 a.m. Oct. 24. 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 75°, low 58°.
| Model | Forecast High | High Miss | Forecast Low | Low Miss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEM · Open-Meteo | 71° | 3.2° cold | 58° | 0.5° warm |
| GFS · Open-Meteo | 71° | 3.2° cold | 57° | 1.1° cold |
| NBM · Open-Meteo | 72° | 2.9° cold | 56° | 1.7° cold |
| Euro (9 km) · Open-Meteo | 71° | 3.3° cold | 56° | 1.7° cold |
| ICON · Open-Meteo | 72° | 2.2° cold | 55° | 2.8° cold |
| Euro · Open-Meteo | 71° | 3.8° cold | 56° | 1.5° cold |
| ICON · Aguacero | 72° | 2.7° cold | 55° | 3.0° cold |
| Euro · Aguacero | 70° | 4.1° cold | 56° | 1.9° cold |
| HRRR · Aguacero | 72° | 2.6° cold | 54° | 3.9° cold |
| HRRR · Open-Meteo | 72° | 2.4° cold | 54° | 4.2° cold |
| GFS · Aguacero | 70° | 5.0° cold | 56° | 1.7° cold |
| NAM · Open-Meteo | 70° | 4.3° cold | 53° | 5.0° cold |
| NAM · Aguacero | 70° | 5.0° cold | 53° | 4.8° cold |
| NWS grid · Aguacero | 71° | 3.5° cold | 51° | 6.7° cold |
| NWS | 71° | 3.5° cold | 51° | 6.7° cold |
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 7:38 a.m. / Sunset 6:16 p.m.
10 hr 37 min of daylight
Moon That Night
Waxing Gibbous
92% lit
Aurora watch: peak Kp 4.3. 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), 35 seconds
- Straight River 3 mi SE of FaribaultHigh 4.49 ft at midnight, low 4.44 ft at 12:15 p.m.
- Cannon River 5 mi N of FaribaultHigh 10.02 ft at midnight, low 9.93 ft at 8:15 p.m.
- Peak Air Quality Open-Meteo (CAMS air quality model)AQI 58, Moderate, at midnight