Minority Report

Buffalo, SD — every free forecast we can get, averaged to be a little more right. County seat of Harding County.

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

← All cities and the scoreboard

Thursday, November 12

High 44°   Low 30°   Rain 0%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 8°, rain spread 0 points, 4 sources)

Thursday, November 12 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service—27°0%
US model (GFS)40°30°0%
European model (ECMWF)46°34°0%
German model (ICON)40°31°0%
Canadian model (GEM)48°30°0%
The average44°30°0%

Friday, November 13

High 45°   Low 33°   Rain 0%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 11°, rain spread 0 points, 5 sources)

Friday, November 13 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service48°32°0%
US model (GFS)39°35°0%
European model (ECMWF)47°32°0%
German model (ICON)42°34°0%
Canadian model (GEM)50°30°0%
The average45°33°0%

Saturday, November 14

High 52°   Low 35°   Rain 0%

They agree — trust it (highs spread 1°, rain spread 0 points, 5 sources)

Saturday, November 14 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service52°32°0%
US model (GFS)53°35°0%
European model (ECMWF)52°37°0%
German model (ICON)53°38°0%
Canadian model (GEM)53°32°0%
The average52°35°0%

Sunday, November 15

High 59°   Low 34°   Rain 0%

Pretty close — fairly safe (highs spread 3°, rain spread 0 points, 5 sources)

Sunday, November 15 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service58°32°0%
US model (GFS)58°42°0%
European model (ECMWF)61°36°0%
German model (ICON)57°30°0%
Canadian model (GEM)59°30°0%
The average59°34°0%

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.