Minority Report

Pontiac, IL — every free forecast we can get, averaged to be a little more right. County seat of Livingston 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 33°   Rain 26%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 2°, rain spread 76 points, 4 sources)

Minority report — Thursday, November 12: the Canadian model (GEM) stands apart, rain 76% against a group average of 26%.
Thursday, November 12 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service—32°0%
US model (GFS)44°33°3%
European model (ECMWF)44°35°47%
German model (ICON)45°35°3%
Canadian model (GEM)42°33°76%
The average44°33°26%

Friday, November 13

High 42°   Low 30°   Rain 10%

Pretty close — fairly safe (highs spread 3°, rain spread 22 points, 5 sources)

Minority report — Friday, November 13: the Canadian model (GEM) stands apart, rain 24% against a group average of 10%.
Friday, November 13 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service41°27°2%
US model (GFS)41°30°7%
European model (ECMWF)44°31°2%
German model (ICON)43°31°13%
Canadian model (GEM)40°28°24%
The average42°30°10%

Saturday, November 14

High 45°   Low 27°   Rain 0%

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

Saturday, November 14 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service45°25°0%
US model (GFS)45°29°1%
European model (ECMWF)46°28°0%
German model (ICON)46°29°0%
Canadian model (GEM)43°24°0%
The average45°27°0%

Sunday, November 15

High 48°   Low 27°   Rain 0%

They agree — trust it (highs spread 2°, rain spread 0 points, 5 sources)

Sunday, November 15 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service49°26°0%
US model (GFS)49°33°0%
European model (ECMWF)48°28°0%
German model (ICON)49°29°0%
Canadian model (GEM)46°18°0%
The average48°27°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.