Minority Report

Spirit Lake, IA — every free forecast we can get, averaged to be a little more right. County seat of Dickinson 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 39°   Low 27°   Rain 0%

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

Thursday, November 12 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service—22°0%
US model (GFS)39°27°0%
European model (ECMWF)38°31°0%
German model (ICON)39°30°0%
Canadian model (GEM)41°27°0%
The average39°27°0%

Friday, November 13

High 38°   Low 24°   Rain 0%

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

Friday, November 13 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service39°20°0%
US model (GFS)37°26°0%
European model (ECMWF)39°27°0%
German model (ICON)36°27°0%
Canadian model (GEM)39°21°0%
The average38°24°0%

Saturday, November 14

High 42°   Low 23°   Rain 0%

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

Saturday, November 14 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service41°24°0%
US model (GFS)43°24°0%
European model (ECMWF)42°26°0%
German model (ICON)42°24°0%
Canadian model (GEM)42°16°0%
The average42°23°0%

Sunday, November 15

High 46°   Low 28°   Rain 0%

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

Sunday, November 15 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service43°29°0%
US model (GFS)47°30°0%
European model (ECMWF)46°28°0%
German model (ICON)49°31°0%
Canadian model (GEM)45°20°0%
The average46°28°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.