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A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Saturday, 17 October 2026

Minneapolis, Minnesota Revisions MILEPOST 1407

Minneapolis's forecast for Saturday has moved 6°F warmer

53°F in the 20261015T00:00Z run, 60°F in the 20261016T18:00Z — the 3rd-largest revision of the 4 cities on the roster that moved at all. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 10°F.

Successive cycles do not merely refresh a forecast; they leave a trail. For Saturday, October 24 at 12Z in Minneapolis, that trail runs from 53.4°F in the 20261015T00:00Z cycle to 59.7°F in the 20261016T18:00Z — a move of +6.4°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 12Z
api.weather.city /v1/history (nbm-qmd)
6.4 °F normal 0.0 °F · 3 of 4
8 synoptic cycles
10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour
api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)
10 °F normal 6.4 °F
current run
Milepost
1407 · laid 2026-10-17T04:25:17Z
Model
nbm-qmd · cycle 20261016T18:00Z
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
9910fb7dee580c56017547d17aa66822360d4aa348b3f211a79b3bdb5b02f0fa
Machine
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