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Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026
High 58, low 45, 0.06 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: 7:30 a.m. Oct. 27 to 7:30 a.m. Oct. 28. 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-94, Faribault 1.2 NNE, 1.4 miles from Faribault.
Day-1 forecasts, °F
Actual at KFBL: high 58°, low 45°.
| Model | Forecast High | High Miss | Forecast Low | Low Miss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAM · Aguacero | 57° | 1.4° cold | 44° | 1.0° cold |
| NAM · Open-Meteo | 56° | 1.9° cold | 45° | 0.5° cold |
| GEM · Open-Meteo | 61° | 2.5° warm | 45° | 0.6° cold |
| GFS · Aguacero | 61° | 3.1° warm | 45° | 0.1° cold |
| GFS · Open-Meteo | 61° | 2.2° warm | 44° | 1.1° cold |
| Euro · Aguacero | 62° | 3.3° warm | 46° | 1.1° warm |
| Euro · Open-Meteo | 62° | 3.5° warm | 47° | 1.4° warm |
| NWS | 62° | 3.7° warm | 44° | 1.3° cold |
| Euro (9 km) · Open-Meteo | 62° | 4.0° warm | 47° | 1.2° warm |
| ICON · Aguacero | 63° | 4.5° warm | 46° | 0.8° warm |
| HRRR · Aguacero | 53° | 5.4° cold | 45° | 0.3° cold |
| HRRR · Open-Meteo | 53° | 5.3° cold | 46° | 0.5° warm |
| ICON · Open-Meteo | 63° | 5.1° warm | 47° | 1.3° warm |
| NBM · Open-Meteo | 64° | 5.4° warm | 44° | 1.2° cold |
| NWS grid · Aguacero | 63° | 4.8° warm | 43° | 2.2° 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 7:44 a.m. / Sunset 6:10 p.m.
10 hr 26 min of daylight
Moon That Night
Waning Gibbous
97% 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), 34 seconds
- Straight River 3 mi SE of FaribaultHigh 4.46 ft at 3:30 a.m., low 4.40 ft at 1:30 p.m.
- Cannon River 5 mi N of FaribaultHigh 10.10 ft at 8 p.m., low 10.01 ft at 2:45 a.m.
- Peak Air Quality Open-Meteo (CAMS air quality model)AQI 34, Good, at 11 p.m.