Minority Report

Petoskey, MI — every free forecast we can get, averaged to be a little more right. County seat of Emmet 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 44°   Low 34°   Rain 73%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 2°, rain spread 77 points, 4 sources)

Minority report — Thursday, November 12: the National Weather Service stands apart, rain 23% against a group average of 73%.
Thursday, November 12 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service—32°23%
US model (GFS)43°34°55%
European model (ECMWF)43°36°100%
German model (ICON)45°35°88%
Canadian model (GEM)44°34°98%
The average44°34°73%

Friday, November 13

High 40°   Low 33°   Rain 28%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 2°, rain spread 49 points, 5 sources)

Minority report — Friday, November 13: the National Weather Service stands apart, rain 59% against a group average of 28%.
Friday, November 13 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service39°31°59%
US model (GFS)39°33°26%
European model (ECMWF)40°34°10%
German model (ICON)40°34°18%
Canadian model (GEM)41°34°29%
The average40°33°28%

Saturday, November 14

High 41°   Low 36°   Rain 11%

Pretty close — fairly safe (highs spread 4°, rain spread 14 points, 5 sources)

Saturday, November 14 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service41°32°11%
US model (GFS)42°36°9%
European model (ECMWF)40°37°9%
German model (ICON)44°38°5%
Canadian model (GEM)40°35°19%
The average41°36°11%

Sunday, November 15

High 43°   Low 35°   Rain 6%

They agree — trust it (highs spread 3°, rain spread 14 points, 5 sources)

Sunday, November 15 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service42°32°7%
US model (GFS)44°36°1%
European model (ECMWF)43°34°6%
German model (ICON)44°40°0%
Canadian model (GEM)41°30°14%
The average43°35°6%

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.