Storm log
Sunday, March 30, 2025
3.17 inches of rain 1 mile north-northwest of Owatonna
The National Weather Service logged 14 storm reports within 20 miles, all of them rain totals. It issued no warnings for Rice County.
- Storm reports
- 14Within 20 miles
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 7:45 a.m., had Faribault outside every thunderstorm area.
- In 2025: The ninth storm day of the year.
- 14 storm reports, 6 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault. Dots: storm reports at the time of each (snow and rain totals at the time they were measured).
- Temperature 30° to 36°
- Wind gusts to 28 mph
- Pressure 29.68 to 29.93 in.
High 36° at 1:15 a.m., low 30° at 5:15 p.m. Peak gust 28 mph at 9:55 a.m. 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.
- Rain total 14
- Faribault
- 20 miles
Readings saved when the warning ended
Chanhassen radar (KMPX), saved during the warning
Within 20 miles of Faribault, from the National Weather Service; the numbers match the map.
- Owatonna 5
- Dennison 4
- Waseca 3
- Medford 1
- Wanamingo 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 a.m. | Rain 2.14 in.RemarkCocorahs station MN-GH-33 Dennison 2.0 NNE. | 2 miles north-northeast of Dennison | 16 miles northeast of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 2 | 6:41 a.m. | Rain 2.29 in.RemarkCocorahs station MN-WC-8 Waseca 2.0 N. | 2 miles north of Waseca | 17 miles southwest of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 3 | 7 a.m. | Rain 2.65 in.RemarkCocorahs station MN-SE-22 Owatonna 1.0 ENE. | 1 mile northeast of Owatonna | 13 miles south of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 4 | 7 a.m. | Rain 2.92 in.RemarkCocorahs station MN-SE-34 Owatonna 1.5 N. | 2 miles north of Owatonna | 13 miles south of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 5 | 7 a.m. | Rain 2.29 in.RemarkCocorahs station MN-WC-20 Waseca 5.0 NNW. | 5 miles north-northwest of Waseca | 17 miles southwest of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 6 | 7 a.m. | Rain 2.4 in.RemarkCocorahs station MN-GH-49 Dennison 4.2 E. | 4 miles east of Dennison | 17 miles northeast of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 7 | 7:35 a.m. | Rain 2.05 in.RemarkCocorahs station MN-GH-15 Dennison 0.4 SSE. | in Dennison | 14 miles northeast of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 8 | 8 a.m. | Rain 2.4 in.RemarkCocorahs station MN-WC-12 Waseca 1.6 SSE. | 1 mile south-southeast of Waseca | 19 miles southwest of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 9 | 8 a.m. | Rain 3.17 in.RemarkCO-OP Observer station OWAM5 Owatonna. | 1 mile north-northwest of Owatonna | 13 miles south of Faribault | NWS co-op observer |
| 10 | 8 a.m. | Rain 2.92 in.RemarkCocorahs station MN-SE-27 Owatonna 8.5 ENE. | 8 miles east-northeast of Owatonna | 15 miles southeast of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 11 | 8 a.m. | Rain 3.06 in.RemarkCocorahs station MN-SE-32 Owatonna 6.8 NE. | 6 miles east of Medford | 11 miles southeast of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 12 | 2 p.m. | Rain 2.13 in.RemarkMesonet station SOGM5 7.0 S Cannon Falls. | 5 miles east of Dennison | 19 miles northeast of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 13 | 2:45 p.m. | Rain 2.44 in.RemarkMesonet station AW538 OWATONNA. | 1 mile south-southeast of Owatonna | 15 miles south of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 14 | 2:45 p.m. | Rain 2.08 in.RemarkMesonet station GW2924 Kenyon. | 5 miles west-southwest of Wanamingo | 19 miles east of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
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.
- April 18, 2019: Up to 2.06 inches of rain in Faribault
- May 6, 2012: 2.39 inches of rain in Montgomery
- May 12, 2022: 3.05 inches of rain 4 miles east of Nerstrand
Storm days since 2005 whose first tag is Rain, as this one's is, nearest in time of year; never within two days of this one.