Minority Report

Fincastle, VA — every free forecast we can get, averaged to be a little more right. County seat of Botetourt 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 60°   Low 42°   Rain 39%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 4°, rain spread 70 points, 4 sources)

Minority report — Thursday, November 12: the National Weather Service stands apart, rain 3% against a group average of 39%.
Thursday, November 12 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service—39°3%
US model (GFS)59°41°19%
European model (ECMWF)58°44°73%
German model (ICON)59°43°63%
Canadian model (GEM)63°43°38%
The average60°42°39%

Friday, November 13

High 51°   Low 36°   Rain 3%

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

Friday, November 13 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service53°32°3%
US model (GFS)48°34°3%
European model (ECMWF)51°38°4%
German model (ICON)50°36°3%
Canadian model (GEM)51°40°0%
The average51°36°3%

Saturday, November 14

High 46°   Low 32°   Rain 1%

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

Saturday, November 14 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service49°30°0%
US model (GFS)46°31°2%
European model (ECMWF)46°35°1%
German model (ICON)44°34°0%
Canadian model (GEM)46°29°0%
The average46°32°1%

Sunday, November 15

High 51°   Low 32°   Rain 0%

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

Sunday, November 15 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service52°28°0%
US model (GFS)51°34°0%
European model (ECMWF)49°34°0%
German model (ICON)51°33°0%
Canadian model (GEM)50°29°0%
The average51°32°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.