Faribault's Weather Page
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Storm log

Friday, March 31, 2023

Faribault under a blizzard warning

  • Blizzard warning
  • Winter storm warning

The National Weather Service issued two warnings for Rice County: a blizzard warning and a winter storm warning; both included Faribault. No storm reports came in from within 20 miles.

Warnings
2For Rice County
Faribault warned
YesTwo warnings

Timeline

  1. Winter storm warning, 10 p.m.; over Faribault
  2. Blizzard warning, 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., April 1; over Faribault

Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault.

Faribault airport (KFBL)

  1. Temperature 34° to 37°
  2. Wind gusts to 38 mph
  3. Pressure 29.24 to 29.62 in.

High 37° at 10:35 a.m., low 34° at 1:55 a.m. Peak gust 38 mph at 8:15 p.m. Shaded: the hours under the day's warnings (11 p.m. to midnight). The airport reports about every 20 minutes, so a gust between its reports isn't in this record. Pressure is its altimeter setting, in inches of mercury. 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.

Warnings

Each opens to its details. “What happened” is this site's own check, not the National Weather Service's verification: a report of the warning's kind, at warning size, inside its outline while it was in effect.

  1. Winter storm warning 10 p.m. Included Faribault
    Issued
    10 p.m.
    In effect until
    not recorded
    Area
    Rice County's forecast zone
    Faribault
    Yes, inside its area.
  2. Blizzard warning 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., April 1 Included Faribault
    Issued
    11 p.m.
    In effect until
    7 a.m., April 1
    Area
    Rice County's forecast zone
    Faribault
    Yes, inside its area.

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