Minority Report

Fairfax County, VA — every free forecast we can get, averaged to be a little more right. County seat of Fairfax 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 64°   Low 46°   Rain 45%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 2°, rain spread 78 points, 4 sources)

Minority report — Thursday, November 12: the National Weather Service stands apart, rain 6% against a group average of 45%.
Thursday, November 12 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service—43°6%
US model (GFS)64°45°21%
European model (ECMWF)63°46°84%
German model (ICON)62°48°83%
Canadian model (GEM)65°48°32%
The average64°46°45%

Friday, November 13

High 48°   Low 37°   Rain 19%

Pretty close — fairly safe (highs spread 3°, rain spread 28 points, 5 sources)

Minority report — Friday, November 13: the US model (GFS) stands apart, rain 3% against a group average of 19%.
Friday, November 13 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service49°35°12%
US model (GFS)46°35°3%
European model (ECMWF)48°42°31%
German model (ICON)49°36°20%
Canadian model (GEM)48°38°29%
The average48°37°19%

Saturday, November 14

High 49°   Low 35°   Rain 5%

They agree — trust it (highs spread 2°, rain spread 13 points, 5 sources)

Saturday, November 14 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service50°37°3%
US model (GFS)49°32°2%
European model (ECMWF)48°37°1%
German model (ICON)50°34°3%
Canadian model (GEM)48°34°14%
The average49°35°5%

Sunday, November 15

High 51°   Low 39°   Rain 0%

Pretty close — fairly safe (highs spread 4°, rain spread 2 points, 5 sources)

Sunday, November 15 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service53°36°0%
US model (GFS)50°42°0%
European model (ECMWF)51°41°2%
German model (ICON)51°38°0%
Canadian model (GEM)50°38°0%
The average51°39°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.