January 2026 Boards weather forecast contest _ new participants welcome !

Welcome to several new participants (in some cases very well known forum members) and also to everyone returning whether from regular or occasional previous entries … here's our table of entries.

__ Table of forecasts for January 2026 __

FORECASTER _______________ IMT _ MAX _ MIN _ PRC _ SUN ___ low max

John mac __________________6.3 _ 16.0 _ -6.5 _ 120 _ 098 ___ +1.1

Artane2002 ________________6.1 _ 15.4 _ -8.1 _ 100 _ 115 ___ -0.8

Condor24 _________________ 5.9 _ 15.3 _ -7.2 _ 110 _ 105 ___ +0.4

DOCARCH _________________ 5.5 _ 14.2 _ -7.1 _ 085 _ 115 ___+0.2

Mr stonewall _______________ 5.3 _ 15.1 _ -7.8 _ 078 _ 102 ___ -2.2

Tae laidir __________________ 5.4 _ 14.5 _ -5.5 _ 088 _ 111 ___ -2.1

__ NormaL _________________ 5.3 _ 15.0 _ -7.5 _ 100 _ 100 ___+0.8

CH3OH ____________________ 5.0 _ 14.7 _ -7.1 _ 082 _ 105 ___ -0.7

Dasa29____________________ 5.0 _ 14.0 _ -6.0 _ 090 _ 110 ___+0.5

Esposito ___________________ 5.0 _ 13.9 _ -9.8 _ 065 _ 125 ___ -1.3

Kindred Spirit _______________ 5.0 _ 13.5 _ -8.2 _ 080 _ 108 ___+0.2

omicron ___________________ 4.9 _ 15.0 _ -7.9 _ 090 _ 110 ___ -0.1

Jpmarn __________ (-1) ______4.8 _ 14.5 _ -7.5 _ 090 _ 100 ___ -1.5

WolfeEire __________________ 4.8 _ 14.0 _ -9.0 _ 085 _ 115 ___+0.8


Talkabout __________________ 4.8 _ 13.8 _ -9.3 _ 070 _ 114 ___ -1.2

Sunflower3 _________________4.7 _ 15.8 _ -6.7 _ 090 _ 120 ___ -1.2

__ Con sensus ______________4.7 _ 14.3 _ -8.0 _ 081 _ 111 ___ -0.8

Appledrop __________________4.7 _ 14.6 _ -7.8 _ 065 _ 120 ___ -0.5

Dacogawa _________________ 4.7 _ 14.5 _ -8.2 _ 095 _ 108 ___ -0.7

MrSkinner _________________ 4.6 _ 14.2 _ -7.6 _ 092 _ 102 ___ -0.2

Joe Public __________________4.6 _ 13.6 _-11.5 _ 076 _ 123 ___-3.2

M.T. Cranium _______________ 4.5 _ 14.8 _ -8.5 _ 055 _ 133 ___ -1.5

waterways _________________ 4.5 _ 14.4 _ -5.8 _ 077 _ 119 ___ -1.1

Pauldry ____________________4.5 _ 14.0 _ -7.4 _ 091 _ 101 ___+0.1

Gonzo _____________________4.4 _ 14.3 _ -9.2 _ 051 _ 138 ___ -1.2

Meteorite58 ________________ 4.4 _ 13.8 _ -9.2 _ 075 _ 111 ___ -0.8

kermit _____________________4.4 _ 13.1 _ -8.9 _ 075 _ 110 ___+0.6

Rebelbrowser _____ (-1) ______4.3 _ 13.6 _ -9.5 _ 078 _ 114 ___ -0.7

Cornerstonelad ______________4.3 _ 12.8 _-10.0 _ 079 _ 122 ___ -3.0

Bsal ______________________ 4.3 _ 12.5 _ -6.0 _ 090 _ 109 ___ -1.0

bazlers __________ (-1) ______3.8 _ 14.8 _-11.8 _ 075 _ 133 ___ -3.8

Climate Observer ____________3.7 _ 12.9 _-10.1 _ 072 _ 115 ___ -5.2

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Our consensus calls for a cold, somewhat dry and bright month. However, given the

model output for the first week, assuming the forecasts took that very cold spell into

consideration, I would say the forecast consensus for the rest of the month was close to average

for the period after the 7th. If we were to start off first week at 1.5 with 050 PRC and 130 SUN

then our monthly consensus would be reached with rest-of-January averages of 5.5, 100 and 100.