Was the forecast right for Detroit on Mon Sep 14?
Detroit, Michigan · daily high temperature in °C · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the DTW observations
13 days out, 4 models put Detroit's Mon Sep 14 high anywhere from 18° to 24°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 21°. The day verified at 22° against the DTW observations — cloudy.
ICON landed closest, off by 0.3°. AIFS ran 2° cold.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Mon Sep 14 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 Detroit scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-08-30 | — | 21° | — | — | 28° | — | — | 21–28° |
| 14d · 2026-08-31 | 20° | 26° | — | — | 32° | — | — | 20–32° |
| 13d · 2026-09-01 | 19° | 20° | 24° | — | 18° | — | — | 18–24° |
| 12d · 2026-09-02 | 27° | 18° | 31° | — | 38° | — | — | 18–38° |
| 11d · 2026-09-03 | 23° | 29° | 26° | — | 30° | — | — | 23–30° |
| 10d · 2026-09-04 | 24° | 20° | 35° | — | 35° | — | — | 20–35° |
| 9d · 2026-09-05 | 22° | 30° | 22° | — | 36° | — | — | 22–36° |
| 8d · 2026-09-06 | 20° | 31° | 35° | 19° | 25° | — | — | 19–35° |
| 7d · 2026-09-07 | 22° | 27° | 25° | 23° | 30° | — | — | 22–30° |
| 6d · 2026-09-08 | 20° | 20° | 24° | 20° | 25° | 19° | — | 19–25° |
| 5d · 2026-09-09 | 20° | 21° | 32° | 24° | 30° | 30° | 32° | 20–32° |
| 4d · 2026-09-10 | 20° | 22° | 23° | 21° | 23° | 21° | 21° | 20–23° |
| 3d · 2026-09-11 | 20° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 20–22° |
| 2d · 2026-09-12 | 20° | 20° | 22° | 21° | 22° | 20° | 20° | 20–22° |
| 1d · 2026-09-13 | 20° | 21° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 21° | 20° | 20–23° |
| 0d · 2026-09-14 | 20° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 21° | 20° | 20–23° |
| actual | 22° |
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 Detroit — 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 DTW observations. Archive depth varies by city; receipts exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.