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A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Minneapolis, Minnesota Revisions MILEPOST 1441

Minneapolis's forecast for Tuesday has moved 11°F colder

53°F in the 20261018T00:00Z run, 42°F in the 20261019T18:00Z — the largest revision of any city on the roster. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 22°F.

Successive cycles do not merely refresh a forecast; they leave a trail. For Tuesday, October 27 at 06Z in Minneapolis, that trail runs from 52.8°F in the 20261018T00:00Z cycle to 41.5°F in the 20261019T18:00Z — a move of -11.3°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 Tuesday at 06Z
api.weather.city /v1/history (nbm-qmd)
-11.3 °F normal 0.0 °F · 1 of 11
8 synoptic cycles
10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour
api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)
21.9 °F normal 11.3 °F
current run
Milepost
1441 · laid 2026-10-20T04:25:19Z
Model
nbm-qmd · cycle 20261019T18:00Z
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
7bb807fd3d537408fc6c722ecdfda630b2149d49ee7a373f54194f764e6adc3c
Machine
JSON