Tracking since July 19, 2026 | 8 of 9 days

Right Ray / Wrong Ray | Banner Elk

Name: Banner Elk, NC forecast accuracy scores
Creator: Dave's Sweater
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Every forecast for Banner Elk is a claim about tomorrow. This board grades each one we track against what the sky actually did, on the same rubric as Boone. Banner Elk stands alone here: no blended average, no borrowed scores.

How Ray did ↓Banner Elk's forecast

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This board is provisional. Banner Elk has 8 of 9 scored days. The numbers below are real, just early. They graduate to an established record once the count crosses 9, the same gate every source on the site clears.

Banner Elk Scoreboard

Every forecaster we track for Banner Elk, ranked by average. Our own Dave's Sweater Index (marked ours) is graded right in the mix.

			Record
Dave's Sweater Indexours	94.4	3	3R - 0M - 0W
Tomorrow.io	92.4	3	3R - 0M - 0W
Google	91.2	3	3R - 0M - 0W
WeatherAPI	90.9	3	3R - 0M - 0W
Visual Crossing	84.6	3	3R - 0M - 0W
Open-Meteo	83.6	3	3R - 0M - 0W
MET Norway	78.4	3	1R - 2M - 0W
National Weather Service	75.7	3	2R - 1M - 0W
OpenWeather	67.4	3	1R - 1M - 1W
Ray's Weather	64.8	8	0R - 7M - 1W

Dave's Sweater Indexours94.4
3R - 0M - 0W | 3 days
Tomorrow.io92.4
3R - 0M - 0W | 3 days
Google91.2
3R - 0M - 0W | 3 days
WeatherAPI90.9
3R - 0M - 0W | 3 days
Visual Crossing84.6
3R - 0M - 0W | 3 days
Open-Meteo83.6
3R - 0M - 0W | 3 days
MET Norway78.4
1R - 2M - 0W | 3 days
National Weather Service75.7
2R - 1M - 0W | 3 days
OpenWeather67.4
1R - 1M - 1W | 3 days
Ray's Weather64.8
0R - 7M - 1W | 8 days

R: Right, 75+
M: Meh, 60 to 74
W: Wrong, under 60
Trend: 7-day rolling average

Latest scored day | July 26, 2026

Banner Elk's forecasts, graded against what the sky actually did. The math is under each score.

What actually happened

Hi: 74.3° / Lo: 62.1° | Wind: 8.7 mph | Rain: 0.102"

Light drizzle

Ray's WeatherPaid

66.7/100

Predicted hi / lo

74° / 60°

Wind

—

Rain

—

Show the math ↓

Field

Predicted → actual

Pts

High temp · ±0.3°

74° → 74.3°

30/30

Low temp · ±2.1°

60° → 62.1°

26.7/30

Wind · not published

— → 8.7 mph

—

Precip · —

— → 0.1"

10/20

Each forecast is scored out of 100 across four fields, by closeness to the actual recorded conditions. Those fields are high temp (30), low temp (30), wind (20, scored as a range when the source gives one) and precipitation (20, form and amount graded together, snow-aware). Same rubric for every town.

Ray's Weather publishes a per-town high, low and sky icon, so his town boards are graded on those. The icon is read as his precipitation call (a dry icon scores as a no-rain forecast, a rain or storm icon as rain). His wind text is one identical regional string across every town, so wind stays an honest forfeit here rather than a stamped guess. See the methodology for the icon mapping.

Full methodology | Boone's board

What they're predicting for Banner Elk

Here's what each forecast says for Tuesday, July 28: Logged before the actuals exist. Come back once the day's in to see who was right.

Source	High	Low	Wind	Precip
Open-Meteo	77°	62°	19 mph	Rain
Ray's Weather	77°	60°	—	Rain
NWSnew	76°	60°	3 mph	Rain
Met.nonew	77°	62°	14 mph	Rain
OpenWeatherMapnew	77°	64°	13 mph	Rain
WeatherAPInew	81°	69°	13 mph	Rain
Visual Crossingnew	74°	62°	21 mph	Rain
Tomorrow.ionew	76°	63°	18 mph	Rain
Google Weathernew	73°	62°	15 mph	Rain

Open-Meteo

Hi / Lo: 77° / 62°
Wind: 19 mph
Precip: Rain

Ray's Weather

Hi / Lo: 77° / 60°
Wind: —
Precip: Rain

NWSnew

Hi / Lo: 76° / 60°
Wind: 3 mph
Precip: Rain

Met.nonew

Hi / Lo: 77° / 62°
Wind: 14 mph
Precip: Rain

OpenWeatherMapnew

Hi / Lo: 77° / 64°
Wind: 13 mph
Precip: Rain

WeatherAPInew

Hi / Lo: 81° / 69°
Wind: 13 mph
Precip: Rain

Visual Crossingnew

Hi / Lo: 74° / 62°
Wind: 21 mph
Precip: Rain

Tomorrow.ionew

Hi / Lo: 76° / 63°
Wind: 18 mph
Precip: Rain

Google Weathernew

Hi / Lo: 73° / 62°
Wind: 15 mph
Precip: Rain