Was the forecast right for Atlanta on Sat Oct 10?
Atlanta, Georgia · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the ATL observations
14 days out, 4 models put Atlanta's Sat Oct 10 high anywhere from 65° to 79°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 66°. The day verified at 68° against the ATL observations, with 2.13 in of precipitation — thunderstorms.
UKMO landed closest, off by 2.2°. ECMWF ran 5° warm.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Sat Oct 10 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 · 2026-09-25 | — | 55° | — | — | 80° | — | — | 55–80° |
| 14d · 2026-09-26 | 65° | 71° | 68° | — | 79° | — | — | 65–79° |
| 13d · 2026-09-27 | 73° | 77° | 56° | — | 66° | — | — | 56–77° |
| 12d · 2026-09-28 | 75° | 79° | 68° | — | 75° | — | — | 68–79° |
| 11d · 2026-09-29 | 76° | 74° | 72° | — | 65° | — | — | 65–76° |
| 10d · 2026-09-30 | 78° | 80° | 73° | — | 70° | — | — | 70–80° |
| 9d · 2026-10-01 | 78° | 62° | 74° | 73° | 79° | — | — | 62–79° |
| 8d · 2026-10-02 | 84° | 73° | 74° | 78° | 84° | — | — | 73–84° |
| 7d · 2026-10-03 | 78° | 82° | 69° | 73° | 75° | — | — | 69–82° |
| 6d · 2026-10-04 | 79° | 81° | 74° | 69° | 74° | 68° | 72° | 68–81° |
| 5d · 2026-10-05 | 68° | 66° | 67° | 75° | 70° | 69° | 76° | 66–76° |
| 4d · 2026-10-06 | 66° | 67° | 69° | 72° | 73° | 66° | 69° | 66–73° |
| 3d · 2026-10-07 | 70° | 64° | 67° | 71° | 68° | 66° | 67° | 64–71° |
| 2d · 2026-10-08 | 68° | 62° | 69° | 72° | 62° | 72° | 71° | 62–72° |
| 1d · 2026-10-09 | 66° | 64° | 73° | 70° | 64° | 65° | 70° | 64–73° |
| actual | 68° |
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. The actual values are the ones in hand when this receipt was settled, usually 2 days after the date; a correction published after that is not carried into it. Archive depth varies by city; receipts exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.