Minority Report

Leola, SD — every free forecast we can get, averaged to be a little more right. County seat of McPherson County.

Updated Friday, November 13, 2026. Recorded fresh this morning from five free sources, and graded later against what the weather actually did.

← All cities and the scoreboard

Thursday, November 12

High 38°   Low 23°   Rain 0%

They agree — trust it (highs spread 2°, rain spread 0 points, 4 sources)

Thursday, November 12 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service—18°0%
US model (GFS)37°24°0%
European model (ECMWF)37°26°0%
German model (ICON)37°28°0%
Canadian model (GEM)39°18°0%
The average38°23°0%

Friday, November 13

High 38°   Low 21°   Rain 0%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 6°, rain spread 0 points, 5 sources)

Friday, November 13 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service37°20°0%
US model (GFS)34°22°0%
European model (ECMWF)39°25°0%
German model (ICON)38°23°0%
Canadian model (GEM)40°16°0%
The average38°21°0%

Saturday, November 14

High 43°   Low 26°   Rain 1%

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

Saturday, November 14 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service40°28°0%
US model (GFS)45°25°0%
European model (ECMWF)42°27°0%
German model (ICON)43°27°0%
Canadian model (GEM)43°22°4%
The average43°26°1%

Sunday, November 15

High 53°   Low 33°   Rain 1%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 7°, rain spread 5 points, 5 sources)

Sunday, November 15 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service49°34°0%
US model (GFS)54°35°0%
European model (ECMWF)53°33°0%
German model (ICON)56°32°0%
Canadian model (GEM)53°31°5%
The average53°33°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.