Minority Report

Princeton, IL — every free forecast we can get, averaged to be a little more right. County seat of Bureau 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 43°   Low 34°   Rain 18%

They disagree — a coin flip (highs spread 2°, rain spread 61 points, 4 sources)

Minority report — Thursday, November 12: the Canadian model (GEM) stands apart, rain 62% against a group average of 18%.
Thursday, November 12 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service—30°1%
US model (GFS)42°32°4%
European model (ECMWF)45°37°22%
German model (ICON)43°34°3%
Canadian model (GEM)42°36°62%
The average43°34°18%

Friday, November 13

High 42°   Low 28°   Rain 0%

They agree — trust it (highs spread 2°, rain spread 1 points, 5 sources)

Friday, November 13 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service43°25°1%
US model (GFS)41°26°1%
European model (ECMWF)42°30°0%
German model (ICON)42°30°0%
Canadian model (GEM)41°27°0%
The average42°28°0%

Saturday, November 14

High 44°   Low 26°   Rain 0%

They agree — trust it (highs spread 3°, rain spread 0 points, 5 sources)

Saturday, November 14 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service45°26°0%
US model (GFS)44°26°0%
European model (ECMWF)45°27°0%
German model (ICON)44°30°0%
Canadian model (GEM)42°22°0%
The average44°26°0%

Sunday, November 15

High 47°   Low 26°   Rain 0%

Pretty close — fairly safe (highs spread 3°, rain spread 0 points, 5 sources)

Sunday, November 15 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service48°27°0%
US model (GFS)48°32°0%
European model (ECMWF)47°28°0%
German model (ICON)47°30°0%
Canadian model (GEM)45°15°0%
The average47°26°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.