Minority Report

Valley City, ND — every free forecast we can get, averaged to be a little more right. County seat of Barnes 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 36°   Low 26°   Rain 0%

They agree — trust it (highs spread 1°, rain spread 0 points, 4 sources)

Thursday, November 12 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service—17°0%
US model (GFS)36°31°0%
European model (ECMWF)37°26°0%
German model (ICON)37°30°0%
Canadian model (GEM)37°24°0%
The average36°26°0%

Friday, November 13

High 37°   Low 23°   Rain 0%

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

Friday, November 13 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service36°19°0%
US model (GFS)35°28°0%
European model (ECMWF)38°24°0%
German model (ICON)38°26°0%
Canadian model (GEM)38°18°0%
The average37°23°0%

Saturday, November 14

High 42°   Low 26°   Rain 0%

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

Saturday, November 14 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service40°26°0%
US model (GFS)45°28°0%
European model (ECMWF)42°27°0%
German model (ICON)44°25°0%
Canadian model (GEM)41°21°0%
The average42°26°0%

Sunday, November 15

High 51°   Low 33°   Rain 0%

Pretty close — fairly safe (highs spread 6°, rain spread 0 points, 5 sources)

Sunday, November 15 — every source
SourceHighLowRain
National Weather Service47°35°0%
US model (GFS)53°34°0%
European model (ECMWF)51°34°0%
German model (ICON)53°35°0%
Canadian model (GEM)51°30°0%
The average51°33°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.