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Was the forecast right for Dallas on Thu Sep 10?

Dallas, Texas · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the DAL observations

13 days out, 4 models put Dallas's Thu Sep 10 high anywhere from 90° to 100°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 99°. The day verified at 100° against the DAL observations — drizzle.

GFS landed closest, off by 0.5°. AIFS ran 5° cold.

13 days out the models said 90–100; it hit 100. GFS led (off 0.5°F); AIFS ran 5°F cold.
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What every model said, at every lead

Daily-high calls for Thu Sep 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 Dallas scoreboard shows them, labelled.

Lead AIFSAIGFSECMWFGEMGFSICONUKMO Range
15d · 2026-08-26 88° 109° 88–109°
14d · 2026-08-27 101° 99° 104° 99–104°
13d · 2026-08-28 95° 90° 100° 98° 90–100°
12d · 2026-08-29 99° 99° 100° 90° 90–100°
11d · 2026-08-30 98° 95° 98° 108° 95–108°
10d · 2026-08-31 96° 96° 97° 105° 96–105°
9d · 2026-09-01 96° 98° 95° 103° 95–103°
8d · 2026-09-02 99° 96° 94° 93° 85° 85–99°
7d · 2026-09-03 100° 95° 97° 94° 103° 94–103°
6d · 2026-09-04 98° 98° 99° 98° 103° 98° 98–103°
5d · 2026-09-05 100° 98° 102° 100° 102° 103° 102° 98–103°
4d · 2026-09-06 99° 93° 101° 101° 97° 105° 100° 93–105°
3d · 2026-09-07 97° 99° 100° 99° 102° 103° 100° 97–103°
2d · 2026-09-08 95° 98° 101° 98° 101° 101° 97° 95–101°
1d · 2026-09-09 95° 97° 100° 98° 100° 100° 98° 95–100°
0d · 2026-09-10 95° 97° 99° 99° 100° 97° 99° 95–100°
actual 100°

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 DAL observations. Archive depth varies by city; receipts exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.