The Mercury Cup
A daily temperature-forecasting contest
How the crowd's doing
3.5°
The crowd's typical miss

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What is this?

The Mercury Cup is a friendly daily contest to forecast the weather. Each day you predict tomorrow's high and low for a featured city — when the day is done, we score how close you were. The sharper your forecast, the higher you climb.

How it works
1 · Predict

Enter tomorrow's high and low for this week's city before the daily deadline.

2 · Get scored

Once the real temperatures are in, we measure how close you were — closer is better.

3 · Climb

Earn skill points against the leaderboard, join divisions, and build a streak.

This week's city

Chicago, IL · 41.9°N

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

Forecaster's toolkit

This week · actual highs & lows (°F)

HighLow
907560SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

Today · Chicago through the day (°F)

Actual
90807012:00 am8:00 pm

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