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Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026
High 76, low 52, 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: 8 a.m. Oct. 24 to 8 a.m. Oct. 25. 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-52, Faribault 0.7 SW, 1.0 miles from Faribault.
Day-1 forecasts, °F
Actual at KFBL: high 76°, low 52°.
| Model | Forecast High | High Miss | Forecast Low | Low Miss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEM · Open-Meteo | 75° | 1.2° cold | 53° | 1.0° warm |
| NBM · Open-Meteo | 75° | 1.2° cold | 53° | 1.1° warm |
| ICON · Open-Meteo | 74° | 2.0° cold | 51° | 1.0° cold |
| NWS grid · Aguacero | 74° | 2.1° cold | 53° | 1.4° warm |
| ICON · Aguacero | 73° | 3.4° cold | 50° | 1.4° cold |
| NAM · Open-Meteo | 72° | 4.6° cold | 52° | 0.3° warm |
| Euro (9 km) · Open-Meteo | 74° | 2.3° cold | 55° | 2.9° warm |
| Euro · Open-Meteo | 74° | 2.4° cold | 55° | 3.3° warm |
| Euro · Aguacero | 73° | 2.7° cold | 55° | 3.0° warm |
| NAM · Aguacero | 73° | 3.4° cold | 55° | 3.1° warm |
| GFS · Open-Meteo | 74° | 1.7° cold | 56° | 4.8° warm |
| HRRR · Open-Meteo | 73° | 3.3° cold | 48° | 4.0° cold |
| GFS · Aguacero | 74° | 2.1° cold | 57° | 5.3° warm |
| HRRR · Aguacero | 71° | 5.1° cold | 48° | 4.1° cold |
| NWS | 76° | 0.1° cold | 61° | 9.4° 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 7:40 a.m. / Sunset 6:14 p.m.
10 hr 34 min of daylight
Moon That Night
Waxing Gibbous
97% lit
Aurora watch: peak Kp 2.0. 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), 42 seconds
- Straight River 3 mi SE of FaribaultHigh 4.45 ft at midnight, low 4.41 ft at 11:15 a.m.
- Cannon River 5 mi N of FaribaultHigh 9.94 ft at 12:30 a.m., low 9.89 ft at 9:15 p.m.
- Peak Air Quality Open-Meteo (CAMS air quality model)AQI 48, Good, at midnight