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A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Monday, 21 September 2026

Minneapolis, Minnesota Revisions MILEPOST 1169

Minneapolis's forecast for Saturday has moved 8°F colder

72°F in the 20260919T12:00Z run, 64°F in the 20260921T06:00Z — the 3rd-largest revision of the 5 cities on the roster that moved at all. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 13°F.

Successive cycles do not merely refresh a forecast; they leave a trail. For Saturday, September 26 at 21Z in Minneapolis, that trail runs from 71.8°F in the 20260919T12:00Z cycle to 63.6°F in the 20260921T06:00Z — a move of -8.2°F across 8 runs.

The change is about half the run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread, so the earlier forecast is still inside the current range of outcomes.

Model NBM-QMD, via api.weather.city /v1/history. Percentiles are the same run's own.

The numbers in this piece, with what they are measured against
forecast revision for Saturday at 21Z
api.weather.city /v1/history (nbm-qmd)
-8.2 °F normal 0.0 °F · 3 of 5
8 synoptic cycles
10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour
api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)
12.9 °F normal 8.2 °F
current run
Milepost
1169 · laid 2026-09-21T16:25:13Z
Model
nbm-qmd · cycle 20260921T06:00Z
Desk
revision v1
Method
the same valid time read from successive synoptic cycles; the move is last run minus first run
Source
https://api.weather.city/v1/history
Digest
ff8d42d7f88177763d62e43f03d39d3f779773e486a7e474c228afc653db93f5
Machine
JSON