Minority Report

Lancaster, OH — every free forecast we can get, averaged to be a little more right. County seat of Fairfield 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 51°   Low 41°   Rain 89%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 1°, rain spread 35 points, 4 sources)

Minority report — Thursday, November 12: the US model (GFS) stands apart, rain 65% against a group average of 89%.
Thursday, November 12 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service—37°83%
US model (GFS)51°42°65%
European model (ECMWF)51°42°100%
German model (ICON)51°42°95%
Canadian model (GEM)50°40°100%
The average51°41°89%

Friday, November 13

High 44°   Low 34°   Rain 74%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 2°, rain spread 79 points, 5 sources)

Minority report — Friday, November 13: the National Weather Service stands apart, rain 21% against a group average of 74%.
Friday, November 13 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service44°29°21%
US model (GFS)43°35°72%
European model (ECMWF)44°36°100%
German model (ICON)44°36°80%
Canadian model (GEM)45°34°95%
The average44°34°74%

Saturday, November 14

High 43°   Low 30°   Rain 8%

Pretty close — fairly safe (highs spread 4°, rain spread 20 points, 5 sources)

Minority report — Saturday, November 14: the Canadian model (GEM) stands apart, rain 22% against a group average of 8%.
Saturday, November 14 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service44°32°2%
US model (GFS)44°31°3%
European model (ECMWF)44°30°11%
German model (ICON)43°30°3%
Canadian model (GEM)41°29°22%
The average43°30°8%

Sunday, November 15

High 45°   Low 34°   Rain 1%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 6°, rain spread 2 points, 5 sources)

Sunday, November 15 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service47°31°1%
US model (GFS)47°38°1%
European model (ECMWF)42°36°2%
German model (ICON)47°35°0%
Canadian model (GEM)41°29°0%
The average45°34°1%

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.