Was the forecast right for Charlotte on Sun Sep 13?
Charlotte, North Carolina · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the CLT observations
13 days out, 4 models put Charlotte's Sun Sep 13 high anywhere from 80° to 91°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 90°. The day verified at 91° against the CLT observations — drizzle.
AIFS landed closest, off by 0.2°. UKMO ran 4° cold.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Sun Sep 13 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 Charlotte scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-08-29 | — | 91° | — | — | 93° | — | — | 91–93° |
| 14d · 2026-08-30 | 79° | 86° | — | — | 80° | — | — | 79–86° |
| 13d · 2026-08-31 | 89° | 91° | 82° | — | 80° | — | — | 80–91° |
| 12d · 2026-09-01 | 93° | 94° | 100° | — | 99° | — | — | 93–100° |
| 11d · 2026-09-02 | 94° | 92° | 90° | — | 87° | — | — | 87–94° |
| 10d · 2026-09-03 | 82° | 83° | 74° | — | 93° | — | — | 74–93° |
| 9d · 2026-09-04 | 86° | 72° | 84° | — | 88° | — | — | 72–88° |
| 8d · 2026-09-05 | 90° | 89° | 93° | 85° | 90° | — | — | 85–93° |
| 7d · 2026-09-06 | 88° | 86° | 89° | 86° | 94° | — | — | 86–94° |
| 6d · 2026-09-07 | 87° | 88° | 86° | 82° | 91° | 86° | — | 82–91° |
| 5d · 2026-09-08 | 88° | 87° | 86° | 84° | 87° | 87° | 90° | 84–90° |
| 4d · 2026-09-09 | 88° | 88° | 88° | 83° | 95° | 87° | 90° | 83–95° |
| 3d · 2026-09-10 | 90° | 90° | 86° | 88° | 95° | 88° | 82° | 82–95° |
| 2d · 2026-09-11 | 91° | 90° | 87° | 87° | 95° | 86° | 88° | 86–95° |
| 1d · 2026-09-12 | 90° | 89° | 90° | 91° | 94° | 89° | 87° | 87–94° |
| 0d · 2026-09-13 | 91° | 90° | 93° | 89° | 92° | 88° | 87° | 87–93° |
| actual | 91° |
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 Charlotte — 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 CLT observations. Archive depth varies by city; receipts exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.