Storm log
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
2.11 inches of rain 2 miles north-northwest of Northfield
The National Weather Service logged four storm reports within 20 miles, all of them rain totals. It issued no warnings for Rice County.
- Storm reports
- 4Within 20 miles
- Forecast that morning: The Storm Prediction Center's outlook that morning, issued at 7:39 a.m., had Faribault outside every thunderstorm area.
- In 2025: The 14th storm day of the year.
- 4 storm reports, 6 to 8:20 a.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 43° to 48°
- Wind gusts to 35 mph
- Pressure 29.63 to 29.80 in.
High 48° at 1:15 a.m., low 43° at 10:55 a.m. Peak gust 35 mph at 8:55 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 4
- 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.
- Near Faribault 1
- Northfield 1
- Wanamingo 1
- Waterville 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 a.m. | Rain 1.31 in.RemarkCocorahs station MN-RC-89 Faribault 1.2 W. | 2 miles west-northwest of Faribault | 2 miles northwest of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 2 | 7:40 a.m. | Rain 1.56 in.RemarkCocorahs station MN-LS-53 Waterville 0.7 SSE. | 1 mile south-southeast of Waterville | 16 miles west of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 3 | 8:15 a.m. | Rain 1.35 in.RemarkMesonet station GW2924 Kenyon. | 5 miles west-southwest of Wanamingo | 19 miles east of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 4 | 8:20 a.m. | Rain 2.11 in.RemarkMesonet station 8093D 1 NNW Northfield. | 2 miles north-northwest of Northfield | 14 miles north 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.
- May 17, 2020: 3.16 inches of rain in Faribault
- May 12, 2022: 3.05 inches of rain 4 miles east of Nerstrand
- May 12, 2014: 2.35 inches of rain 1 mile north-northwest of Northfield
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.