Minority Report

Lancaster, KY — every free forecast we can get, averaged to be a little more right. County seat of Garrard 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 54°   Low 41°   Rain 74%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 3°, rain spread 83 points, 4 sources)

Minority report — Thursday, November 12: the National Weather Service stands apart, rain 17% against a group average of 74%.
Thursday, November 12 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service—37°17%
US model (GFS)53°41°70%
European model (ECMWF)55°41°100%
German model (ICON)56°43°90%
Canadian model (GEM)54°41°95%
The average54°41°74%

Friday, November 13

High 43°   Low 34°   Rain 68%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 1°, rain spread 57 points, 5 sources)

Minority report — Friday, November 13: the European model (ECMWF) stands apart, rain 100% against a group average of 68%.
Friday, November 13 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service43°29°65%
US model (GFS)43°33°43%
European model (ECMWF)44°36°100%
German model (ICON)43°37°63%
Canadian model (GEM)43°35°71%
The average43°34°68%

Saturday, November 14

High 45°   Low 29°   Rain 7%

Pretty close — fairly safe (highs spread 2°, rain spread 17 points, 5 sources)

Minority report — Saturday, November 14: the German model (ICON) stands apart, rain 18% against a group average of 7%.
Saturday, November 14 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service45°27°1%
US model (GFS)46°31°2%
European model (ECMWF)45°29°2%
German model (ICON)45°31°18%
Canadian model (GEM)45°25°13%
The average45°29°7%

Sunday, November 15

High 49°   Low 31°   Rain 0%

Pretty close — fairly safe (highs spread 5°, rain spread 0 points, 5 sources)

Sunday, November 15 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service48°27°0%
US model (GFS)48°37°0%
European model (ECMWF)48°36°0%
German model (ICON)52°36°0%
Canadian model (GEM)47°21°0%
The average49°31°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.