Minority Report

Birmingham, AL — every free forecast we can get, averaged to be a little more right. County seat of Jefferson County.

Updated Friday, November 13, 2026. Recorded fresh this morning from five free sources, and graded later against what the weather actually did.

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Thursday, November 12

High 66°   Low 47°   Rain 30%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 2°, rain spread 71 points, 4 sources)

Minority report — Thursday, November 12: the European model (ECMWF) stands apart, rain 71% against a group average of 30%.
Thursday, November 12 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service—37°0%
US model (GFS)67°50°34%
European model (ECMWF)66°50°71%
German model (ICON)65°49°8%
Canadian model (GEM)67°50°39%
The average66°47°30%

Friday, November 13

High 53°   Low 36°   Rain 0%

They agree — trust it (highs spread 3°, rain spread 0 points, 5 sources)

Friday, November 13 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service54°33°0%
US model (GFS)51°36°0%
European model (ECMWF)53°39°0%
German model (ICON)53°36°0%
Canadian model (GEM)53°35°0%
The average53°36°0%

Saturday, November 14

High 54°   Low 33°   Rain 0%

They agree — trust it (highs spread 2°, rain spread 0 points, 5 sources)

Saturday, November 14 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service54°33°0%
US model (GFS)54°31°0%
European model (ECMWF)53°37°0%
German model (ICON)54°33°0%
Canadian model (GEM)53°29°0%
The average54°33°0%

Sunday, November 15

High 57°   Low 34°   Rain 2%

They agree — trust it (highs spread 2°, rain spread 4 points, 5 sources)

Sunday, November 15 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service57°36°4%
US model (GFS)57°40°1%
European model (ECMWF)56°36°0%
German model (ICON)57°33°3%
Canadian model (GEM)56°27°0%
The average57°34°2%

Scoreboard — who has been most right (all recorded cities)

Scoring has started — every forecast is being recorded. The first grades land once the historical record publishes what actually happened (it runs a few days behind), and this board fills in from there.