Minority Report

Hays, KS — every free forecast we can get, averaged to be a little more right. County seat of Ellis 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 34°   Rain 0%

Pretty close — fairly safe (highs spread 3°, rain spread 0 points, 4 sources)

Thursday, November 12 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service—30°0%
US model (GFS)56°35°0%
European model (ECMWF)56°36°0%
German model (ICON)56°35°0%
Canadian model (GEM)59°35°0%
The average57°34°0%

Friday, November 13

High 51°   Low 31°   Rain 0%

Pretty close — fairly safe (highs spread 3°, rain spread 1 points, 5 sources)

Friday, November 13 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service51°31°1%
US model (GFS)48°34°0%
European model (ECMWF)51°33°0%
German model (ICON)51°29°0%
Canadian model (GEM)52°28°0%
The average51°31°0%

Saturday, November 14

High 49°   Low 32°   Rain 32%

Pretty close — fairly safe (highs spread 4°, rain spread 26 points, 5 sources)

Minority report — Saturday, November 14: the US model (GFS) stands apart, rain 18% against a group average of 32%.
Saturday, November 14 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service48°34°41%
US model (GFS)51°30°18%
European model (ECMWF)46°35°36%
German model (ICON)51°31°21%
Canadian model (GEM)47°31°44%
The average49°32°32%

Sunday, November 15

High 45°   Low 38°   Rain 55%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 6°, rain spread 48 points, 5 sources)

Minority report — Sunday, November 15: the Canadian model (GEM) stands apart, rain 83% against a group average of 55%.
Sunday, November 15 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service46°32°35%
US model (GFS)42°40°55%
European model (ECMWF)49°39°55%
German model (ICON)46°40°48%
Canadian model (GEM)44°37°83%
The average45°38°55%

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.