Minority Report

Coldwater, MI — every free forecast we can get, averaged to be a little more right. County seat of Branch 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 44°   Low 36°   Rain 75%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 1°, rain spread 74 points, 4 sources)

Minority report — Thursday, November 12: the National Weather Service stands apart, rain 26% against a group average of 75%.
Thursday, November 12 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service—31°26%
US model (GFS)44°37°88%
European model (ECMWF)44°38°100%
German model (ICON)45°38°68%
Canadian model (GEM)43°37°95%
The average44°36°75%

Friday, November 13

High 39°   Low 30°   Rain 20%

Pretty close — fairly safe (highs spread 4°, rain spread 25 points, 5 sources)

Minority report — Friday, November 13: the European model (ECMWF) stands apart, rain 37% against a group average of 20%.
Friday, November 13 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service41°26°12%
US model (GFS)37°32°17%
European model (ECMWF)40°30°37%
German model (ICON)40°31°20%
Canadian model (GEM)38°30°15%
The average39°30°20%

Saturday, November 14

High 44°   Low 29°   Rain 3%

Pretty close — fairly safe (highs spread 4°, rain spread 8 points, 5 sources)

Saturday, November 14 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service45°31°8%
US model (GFS)41°31°2%
European model (ECMWF)44°28°2%
German model (ICON)45°29°3%
Canadian model (GEM)44°27°0%
The average44°29°3%

Sunday, November 15

High 46°   Low 32°   Rain 2%

They agree — trust it (highs spread 3°, rain spread 11 points, 5 sources)

Sunday, November 15 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service47°29°11%
US model (GFS)45°36°0%
European model (ECMWF)46°36°1%
German model (ICON)46°35°0%
Canadian model (GEM)44°24°0%
The average46°32°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.