Was the forecast right for Atlanta on Mon Sep 7?
Atlanta, Georgia · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the ATL observations
13 days out, 4 models put Atlanta's Mon Sep 7 high anywhere from 86° to 98°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 82°. The day verified at 83° against the ATL observations — drizzle.
AIFS landed closest, off by 0.4°. GEM ran 4° cold.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Mon Sep 7 as each model's runs approached it — the last archived run per day. NBM and The Spread's own blend are consensus products and stay out of these ranges and rankings; the Atlanta scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-08-23 | — | 84° | — | — | 90° | — | — | 84–90° |
| 14d · 2026-08-24 | 86° | 88° | — | — | 81° | — | — | 81–88° |
| 13d · 2026-08-25 | 88° | 86° | 88° | — | 98° | — | — | 86–98° |
| 12d · 2026-08-26 | 92° | 93° | 94° | — | 97° | — | — | 92–97° |
| 11d · 2026-08-27 | 90° | 94° | 100° | — | 88° | — | — | 88–100° |
| 10d · 2026-08-28 | 83° | 93° | 95° | — | 97° | — | — | 83–97° |
| 9d · 2026-08-29 | 83° | 93° | 86° | — | 100° | — | — | 83–100° |
| 8d · 2026-08-30 | 79° | 81° | 77° | 78° | 83° | — | — | 77–83° |
| 7d · 2026-08-31 | 80° | 80° | 80° | 86° | 83° | — | — | 80–86° |
| 6d · 2026-09-01 | 84° | 87° | 91° | 91° | 91° | 86° | — | 84–91° |
| 5d · 2026-09-02 | 83° | 83° | 85° | 76° | 91° | 85° | 80° | 76–91° |
| 4d · 2026-09-03 | 81° | 81° | 85° | 76° | 86° | 84° | 87° | 76–87° |
| 3d · 2026-09-04 | 79° | 80° | 85° | 78° | 85° | 83° | 84° | 78–85° |
| 2d · 2026-09-05 | 80° | 78° | 84° | 77° | 86° | 83° | 85° | 77–86° |
| 1d · 2026-09-06 | 81° | 81° | 85° | 84° | 87° | 82° | 86° | 81–87° |
| 0d · 2026-09-07 | 83° | 82° | 86° | 79° | 86° | 82° | 82° | 79–86° |
| actual | 83° |
Read it honestly
This is one date, not a league table. A model can win a day it deserved to lose; rankings only mean something over a window. For that, see which model has been most accurate in Atlanta — or every city The Spread scores.
Forecasts are what each model's archived runs said at the time, captured at The Spread's sweep times — never reconstructed after the fact. Truth is the ATL observations. Archive depth varies by city; receipts exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.