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Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026
High 72, low 53, 0.04 in. of rain
Severe Thunderstorm WarningMidnight 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. 28 to 6 a.m. Oct. 29. 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 72°, low 53°.
| Model | Forecast High | High Miss | Forecast Low | Low Miss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS grid · Aguacero | 70° | 1.9° cold | 53° | 0.5° warm |
| NBM · Open-Meteo | 69° | 2.7° cold | 53° | 0.0° |
| NAM · Aguacero | 69° | 3.4° cold | 53° | 0.4° warm |
| NWS | 70° | 2.0° cold | 50° | 2.5° cold |
| Euro (9 km) · Open-Meteo | 69° | 2.7° cold | 55° | 2.1° warm |
| ICON · Open-Meteo | 69° | 3.1° cold | 55° | 2.5° warm |
| Euro · Open-Meteo | 69° | 3.2° cold | 55° | 2.6° warm |
| Euro · Aguacero | 68° | 3.6° cold | 55° | 2.3° warm |
| ICON · Aguacero | 68° | 4.3° cold | 55° | 2.2° warm |
| NAM · Open-Meteo | 67° | 4.8° cold | 51° | 1.7° cold |
| GFS · Open-Meteo | 68° | 3.9° cold | 56° | 3.6° warm |
| GFS · Aguacero | 67° | 4.7° cold | 57° | 4.0° warm |
| HRRR · Open-Meteo | 64° | 8.4° cold | 51° | 1.1° cold |
| HRRR · Aguacero | 63° | 8.6° cold | 51° | 1.3° cold |
| GEM · Open-Meteo | 64° | 8.4° cold | 56° | 3.3° 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 7:45 a.m. / Sunset 6:08 p.m.
10 hr 23 min of daylight
Moon That Night
Waning Gibbous
91% lit
Aurora watch: peak Kp 2.3. In Faribault an aurora is possible at Kp 7 or more. NOAA SWPC planetary K-index, 3-hour periods.
Rice County
- Tornado Watch Issued 3:42 p.m., until 7:06 p.m. Details
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued 3:55 p.m., until 4:30 p.m. Details
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued 4:30 p.m., until 5 p.m. Details
- SPC outlook: Marginal risk (1 of 5)
Storm Capture
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued 3:55 p.m., expired 4:30 p.m.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued 4:05 p.m., expired 4:30 p.m.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued 4:30 p.m., expired 5 p.m.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued 4:39 p.m., expired 5 p.m.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued 4:47 p.m., expired 5 p.m.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued 4:56 p.m., expired 5 p.m.
- SPC outlook then: Marginal risk (1 of 5)
| For the Day | Forecast (HRRR run, 1 p.m. Oct. 28) | Recorded | Miss |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | 70° | 72° | 2° too low |
| Low | 56° | 53° | 3° too high |
| Rain | 0.31 in. | 0.04 in. | 0.27 in. too high |
| Peak gust | 36 mph | 35 mph | 1 mph too high |
The last model run saved before the first warning, for the hours of this day it covers (24). Recorded: high, low and gust at the Faribault airport (KFBL); rain from the radar-plus-gauge estimate (NCEP Stage IV).
NWS Chanhassen (KMPX), 46 seconds
- Straight River 3 mi SE of FaribaultHigh 4.41 ft at midnight, low 4.40 ft at 8 a.m.
- Cannon River 5 mi N of FaribaultHigh 10.10 ft at midnight, low 10.00 ft at 8:15 p.m.
- Peak Air Quality Open-Meteo (CAMS air quality model)AQI 52, Moderate, at 10 p.m.