Minority Report

Tipton, IA — every free forecast we can get, averaged to be a little more right. County seat of Cedar 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 32°   Rain 3%

They agree — trust it (highs spread 2°, rain spread 10 points, 4 sources)

Thursday, November 12 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service—28°0%
US model (GFS)43°34°0%
European model (ECMWF)43°35°0%
German model (ICON)44°32°3%
Canadian model (GEM)43°31°10%
The average43°32°3%

Friday, November 13

High 41°   Low 26°   Rain 0%

They agree — trust it (highs spread 3°, rain spread 1 points, 5 sources)

Friday, November 13 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service42°24°1%
US model (GFS)42°24°1%
European model (ECMWF)39°29°0%
German model (ICON)41°28°0%
Canadian model (GEM)42°23°0%
The average41°26°0%

Saturday, November 14

High 43°   Low 24°   Rain 0%

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

Saturday, November 14 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service45°25°0%
US model (GFS)44°23°0%
European model (ECMWF)43°26°0%
German model (ICON)44°28°0%
Canadian model (GEM)42°20°0%
The average43°24°0%

Sunday, November 15

High 47°   Low 27°   Rain 0%

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

Sunday, November 15 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service48°26°0%
US model (GFS)47°32°0%
European model (ECMWF)46°27°0%
German model (ICON)48°31°0%
Canadian model (GEM)45°17°0%
The average47°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.