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Monday, Oct. 26, 2026
High 49, low 42, 0.62 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 volunteer gauge and the radar estimate differ.
The observer's 24 hours: 7:56 a.m. Oct. 26 to 7:56 a.m. Oct. 27. 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 49°, low 42°.
| Model | Forecast High | High Miss | Forecast Low | Low Miss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAM · Open-Meteo | 48° | 0.4° cold | 42° | 0.3° cold |
| NAM · Aguacero | 49° | 0.6° warm | 41° | 0.7° cold |
| NBM · Open-Meteo | 49° | 0.4° warm | 43° | 0.9° warm |
| ICON · Aguacero | 48° | 0.8° cold | 43° | 1.1° warm |
| NWS grid · Aguacero | 50° | 1.2° warm | 43° | 1.2° warm |
| HRRR · Open-Meteo | 47° | 2.2° cold | 42° | 0.4° warm |
| ICON · Open-Meteo | 48° | 0.7° cold | 44° | 2.0° warm |
| GFS · Open-Meteo | 46° | 2.5° cold | 42° | 0.4° warm |
| NWS | 51° | 2.3° warm | 41° | 0.9° cold |
| GFS · Aguacero | 46° | 2.6° cold | 43° | 0.6° warm |
| HRRR · Aguacero | 45° | 3.6° cold | 43° | 0.7° warm |
| Euro · Aguacero | 51° | 1.9° warm | 45° | 2.8° warm |
| Euro (9 km) · Open-Meteo | 51° | 2.2° warm | 45° | 3.0° warm |
| Euro · Open-Meteo | 51° | 2.2° warm | 45° | 3.1° warm |
| GEM · Open-Meteo | 52° | 3.5° warm | 46° | 4.3° 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 7:42 a.m. / Sunset 6:11 p.m.
10 hr 29 min of daylight
Moon That Night
Waning Gibbous
99% lit
Aurora watch: peak Kp 2.7. 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), 35 seconds
- Straight River 3 mi SE of FaribaultHigh 4.41 ft at 9 p.m., low 4.36 ft at 11:15 a.m.
- Cannon River 5 mi N of FaribaultHigh 10.05 ft at 10:30 p.m., low 9.89 ft at midnight
- Peak Air Quality Open-Meteo (CAMS air quality model)AQI 22, Good, at 8 a.m.