Faribault's Weather Page
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026

Winter

Faribault Winter Weather

No snow yet. Typical first snow: Nov. 24 (in 21 days).

0.0 in. of snow so far this Snow season July 1 through June 30, so all of one winter's snow counts together. This site's winter page at the Faribault Co-op station A National Weather Service station kept by a volunteer, who reads temperature and precipitation at home or work. National Weather Service glossary, 0.2 in. below Normal The 30-year average for a date or month, from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals for 1991 to 2020. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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The winter ahead

Updated Oct. 15, 11:50 a.m.

  • November to January: Temperature: CPC leans warmer than normal, 50% chance. Precipitation: CPC says equal chances of above-, near- or below-normal precipitation.
  • December to February: Temperature: CPC leans warmer than normal, 50% chance. Precipitation: CPC says equal chances of above-, near- or below-normal precipitation.

The Climate Prediction Center's seasonal outlook, issued Oct. 15, 2026, at Faribault's point; the next comes Nov. 19. Its outlooks are for temperature and precipitation (rain and melted snow), not snowfall. CPC's seasonal outlooks.

Season snowfall

Current through Nov. 1

  • Season to date0.0 in.Through Nov. 1
  • Normal to date0.2 in.1991-2020 normal; a full season is 43.3 in.
  • Departure−0.2 in.below normal
  • Rank to dateToo early74 of the 85 complete seasons also had no snow by Nov. 1

Snowfall from the Faribault co-op station (NOAA USC00212721), reported each morning. Rank to date: this season against the 85 complete seasons on the same date. Seasons missing more than 7 days of reports from November through March are left out, so 85 of the 129 seasons from 1897-98 to 2025-26 count. For the snowiest and least snowy seasons on record, see Faribault Climate.

Our gauge (CoCoRaHS MN-RC-45): 0.0 in. on the 8 mornings it reported (of 124), through Oct. 12.

2026-27 is 0.2 in. below normal so far

0 in.10 in.20 in.30 in.40 in.50 in.60 in.70 in.Oct.Nov.Dec.Jan.Feb.MarchAprilMayMiddle 80%Normal: 43.3 in.Middle half2026-27: 0.0 in.0 in.10 in.20 in.30 in.40 in.50 in.60 in.70 in.Oct.Nov.Dec.Jan.Feb.MarchAprilMayMiddle 80%Normal43.3 in.Middle half2026-27: 0.0 in.0 in.10 in.20 in.30 in.40 in.50 in.60 in.70 in.ONDJFMAMMiddle 80%Normal43.3 in.Middle half2026-27: 0.0 in.
Shaded: the middle half and the middle 80% of the 85 complete seasons, 1897-98 to 2025-26, on each date.The line adds up each morning's report at the Faribault co-op station; storms of 4 in. or more are labeled.4 days had no report; they count as no snow (red ticks on the bottom line).

Milestones

Current through Nov. 1

In 12% of the 1991-2020 seasons (3 of 25) the first snow had come by Nov. 3.

Oct.Nov.Dec.Jan.TodayTypical: Nov. 24Oct.Nov.Dec.Jan.TodayTypical: Nov. 24ONDJTodayTypical: Nov. 24
  1. Oct. 2First 32° in fall (freeze) This season: Oct. 16Earliest Sept. 14, 1996; latest Oct. 19, 2013. Faribault airport, 1992-93 to 2025-26.
  2. Nov. 24First measurable snow (0.1 in.) Not yet this seasonEarliest Sept. 28, 1945; latest Jan. 11, 1900. Faribault co-op station.
  3. Nov. 24First day with 1 in. of snow Not yet this seasonEarliest Sept. 28, 1945; latest Jan. 15, 1900. Faribault co-op station.
  4. Dec. 9First low below zero Not yet this seasonEarliest Nov. 20, 2014; latest Jan. 13, 2024. Faribault airport, 1992-93 to 2025-26.
  5. Jan. 19Coldest low of the season This season: 28°, Oct. 17 (so far)Typical −19°; record −36°, Jan. 19, 1994. Faribault airport, 1992-93 to 2025-26.
  6. April 5Last snow (0.1 in.) Not yet this seasonEarliest Feb. 20, 2010; latest May 3, 1954. Faribault co-op station.
  • Days with 1 in. or more of snow on the ground: 0; normal 1; 4 days unreported (Faribault co-op station).
  • Longest run of lows below zero: none; record 15 days, Jan. 22-Feb. 5, 1996 (Faribault airport, 1992-93 to 2025-26).

Typical: the median date, over the 1991-2020 seasons for snow and the airport's 29 winters (1992-93 to 2025-26) for cold. Records: the co-op's complete seasons; the airport's winters with at most a week missing from October through April. Days on the ground: the NCEI 1991-2020 normal, its daily chance of 1 in. or more added up to date.

Snow by month

Current through Nov. 1

No snow yet in 2026-27

0 in.5 in.10 in.15 in.0.0Oct.0.0Nov.so farDec.Jan.Feb.MarchAprilMay0 in.5 in.10 in.15 in.0.0Oct.0.0Nov.so farDec.Jan.Feb.MarchAprilMay0 in.5 in.10 in.15 in.0.0O0.0Nso farDJFMAM
Bars: 2026-27 at the Faribault co-op station; the month under way is lighter, so far. Lines: the 1991-2020 normal for each month (NCEI).
  • Days with 0.1 in. or more: 0; normal to date 0.3.
  • Days with 1 in. or more: 0; normal to date 0.2.

Normal days: NCEI's 1991-2020 daily chance of each amount, added up from July 1 to the last report. 4 unreported days count as no snow.

The cold so far

Current through Nov. 1

  • Coldest low28°Oct. 17; typical by Nov. 1: 23°; record 9°, Oct. 27, 2020
  • Nights below zero0None by Nov. 1 in any of those winters
  • Lowest wind chill24°Oct. 17; typical by Nov. 1: 16°; record −5°, Oct. 10, 2000

At the Faribault airport (KFBL), compared with its 29 winters from 1992-93 to 2025-26 with at most a week missing from October through April, each by the same date. A day's low counts with 12 or more hours of reports and when the airport's quality rule keeps it (how it works). Wind chill: the NWS formula for each report at 50° or colder with a wind of 3 mph or more.

Seasons and records

Current through Nov. 1

7 of the last 10 winters were below normal

Snow in each of the last 10 winters at the Faribault co-op station
SeasonSnow
2016-1743.1 in.
2017-1858.8 in.
2018-1972.1 in.
2019-2042.7 in.
2020-2138.0 in.
2021-2226.0 in.
2022-2357.8 in.
2023-2410.3 in.
2024-2522.5 in.
2025-2626.8 in.
2026-27 so far0.0 in.

The mark in each row: the normal season, 43.3 in. (NCEI 1991-2020).

1935-36's 80.2 in. is 1.9 times a normal season.

The biggest day, Feb. 8, 1936 (16.0 in.), came in the snowiest season, 1935-36.

Co-op record, 1897-2025 seasons

Snowiest seasons

  1. 80.2 in., 1935-36
  2. 76.7 in., 1950-51
  3. 76.0 in., 1970-71
  4. 72.1 in., 2018-19
  5. 71.8 in., 1983-84

Least snowy seasons

  1. 10.3 in., 2023-24
  2. 15.3 in., 1933-34
  3. 18.5 in., 1957-58
  4. 19.9 in., 1975-76
  5. 20.1 in., 1986-87

Biggest days

  1. 16.0 in., Feb. 8, 1936
  2. 15.0 in., Jan. 23, 1982
  3. 13.0 in., March 16, 1983
  4. 13.0 in., Jan. 20, 1988
  5. 13.0 in., Jan. 23, 2018

Biggest storms

  1. 22.0 in., Nov. 6-8, 1943
  2. 22.0 in., Jan. 21-25, 1982
  3. 18.0 in., April 14-16, 1983
  4. 17.2 in., Dec. 20-27, 2009
  5. 16.0 in., Feb. 8, 1936

Earliest first snow

  1. Sept. 28, 1945
  2. Oct. 12, 1959
  3. Oct. 18, 1925
  4. Oct. 20, 1916
  5. Oct. 20, 1917

Latest first snow

  1. Jan. 11, 1900
  2. Dec. 21, 1998
  3. Dec. 19, 1939
  4. Dec. 11, 2016
  5. Dec. 7, 2021

From the Faribault co-op station. Seasons and first snows: the 85 complete seasons (more than 7 days of reports missing from November through March leaves a season out). Days and storms: every reported day from 1897-98 on; a storm is a run of days with 0.1 in. or more.