Was the forecast right for Boston on Mon Sep 7?
Boston, Massachusetts · daily high temperature in °C · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the BOS observations
13 days out, 4 models put Boston's Mon Sep 7 high anywhere from 22° to 32°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 26°. The day verified at 28° against the BOS observations — partly cloudy.
GEM landed closest, off by 0.1°. AIGFS ran 3° 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 Boston scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-08-23 | — | 18° | — | — | 26° | — | — | 18–26° |
| 14d · 2026-08-24 | 20° | 23° | — | — | 21° | — | — | 20–23° |
| 13d · 2026-08-25 | 28° | 22° | 30° | — | 32° | — | — | 22–32° |
| 12d · 2026-08-26 | 26° | 28° | 28° | — | 20° | — | — | 20–28° |
| 11d · 2026-08-27 | 26° | 36° | 28° | — | 20° | — | — | 20–36° |
| 10d · 2026-08-28 | 25° | 26° | 20° | — | 20° | — | — | 20–26° |
| 9d · 2026-08-29 | 25° | 20° | 21° | — | 21° | — | — | 20–25° |
| 8d · 2026-08-30 | 25° | 22° | 21° | 22° | 21° | — | — | 21–25° |
| 7d · 2026-08-31 | 23° | 22° | 20° | 23° | 21° | — | — | 20–23° |
| 6d · 2026-09-01 | 23° | 23° | 26° | 24° | 27° | 26° | — | 23–27° |
| 5d · 2026-09-02 | 26° | 24° | 25° | 24° | 21° | 24° | 23° | 21–26° |
| 4d · 2026-09-03 | 25° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 26° | 26° | 23° | 23–26° |
| 3d · 2026-09-04 | 24° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 27° | 26° | 24–27° |
| 2d · 2026-09-05 | 24° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 24° | 27° | 26° | 24–27° |
| 1d · 2026-09-06 | 25° | 25° | 26° | 28° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 25–28° |
| 0d · 2026-09-07 | 25° | 24° | 26° | 28° | 24° | 26° | 26° | 24–28° |
| actual | 28° |
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 Boston — 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 BOS observations. Archive depth varies by city; receipts exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.