Minority Report

Cookeville, TN — every free forecast we can get, averaged to be a little more right. County seat of Putnam 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 57°   Low 39°   Rain 62%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 2°, rain spread 95 points, 4 sources)

Minority report — Thursday, November 12: the National Weather Service stands apart, rain 5% against a group average of 62%.
Thursday, November 12 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service—32°5%
US model (GFS)59°43°31%
European model (ECMWF)56°40°100%
German model (ICON)58°42°73%
Canadian model (GEM)56°40°100%
The average57°39°62%

Friday, November 13

High 44°   Low 33°   Rain 24%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 2°, rain spread 38 points, 5 sources)

Minority report — Friday, November 13: the European model (ECMWF) stands apart, rain 50% against a group average of 24%.
Friday, November 13 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service44°30°16%
US model (GFS)43°34°12%
European model (ECMWF)44°36°50%
German model (ICON)45°34°13%
Canadian model (GEM)43°30°27%
The average44°33°24%

Saturday, November 14

High 47°   Low 30°   Rain 8%

Pretty close — fairly safe (highs spread 3°, rain spread 29 points, 5 sources)

Minority report — Saturday, November 14: the Canadian model (GEM) stands apart, rain 29% against a group average of 8%.
Saturday, November 14 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service47°27°0%
US model (GFS)48°32°1%
European model (ECMWF)45°32°12%
German model (ICON)49°32°0%
Canadian model (GEM)46°26°29%
The average47°30°8%

Sunday, November 15

High 52°   Low 29°   Rain 0%

They agree — trust it (highs spread 3°, rain spread 1 points, 5 sources)

Sunday, November 15 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service51°29°1%
US model (GFS)53°31°0%
European model (ECMWF)51°31°0%
German model (ICON)54°28°0%
Canadian model (GEM)51°23°0%
The average52°29°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.