Was the forecast right for Dallas on Fri Aug 7?
Dallas, Texas · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the ECMWF IFS analysis
12 days out, 4 models put Dallas's Fri Aug 7 high anywhere from 91° to 108°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 101°. The day verified at 102° against the ECMWF IFS analysis, with 0.07 in of precipitation — drizzle.
ECMWF landed closest, off by 0.2°. AIFS ran 3° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Fri Aug 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 Dallas scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12d · 2026-07-26 | 91° | 94° | 102° | — | 108° | — | — | 91–108° |
| 11d · 2026-07-27 | 97° | 102° | 104° | — | 105° | — | — | 97–105° |
| 10d · 2026-07-28 | 93° | 100° | 105° | — | 106° | — | — | 93–106° |
| 9d · 2026-07-29 | 99° | 98° | 103° | 98° | 105° | — | — | 98–105° |
| 8d · 2026-07-30 | 97° | 99° | 104° | 99° | 106° | — | — | 97–106° |
| 7d · 2026-07-31 | 100° | 101° | 102° | 98° | 104° | — | — | 98–104° |
| 6d · 2026-08-01 | 85° | 97° | 103° | 98° | 104° | 100° | 101° | 85–104° |
| 5d · 2026-08-02 | 94° | 95° | 101° | 98° | 105° | 101° | 99° | 94–105° |
| 4d · 2026-08-03 | 100° | 102° | 103° | 99° | 104° | 102° | 101° | 99–104° |
| 3d · 2026-08-04 | 100° | 102° | 103° | 99° | 103° | 102° | 102° | 99–103° |
| 2d · 2026-08-05 | 99° | 102° | 102° | 100° | 104° | 101° | 101° | 99–104° |
| 1d · 2026-08-06 | 99° | 103° | 102° | 100° | 101° | 101° | 100° | 99–103° |
| actual | 102° |
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 Dallas — 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 ECMWF IFS analysis (temperature_2m_max). 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.