Was the forecast right for Houston on Fri Oct 16?
Houston, Texas · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the HOU observations
14 days out, 4 models put Houston's Fri Oct 16 high anywhere from 71° to 88°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 79°. The day verified at 79° against the HOU observations, with 0.01 in of precipitation — showers.
GEM landed closest, off by 0.4°. AIGFS ran 4° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Fri Oct 16 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 Houston scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-10-01 | — | 78° | — | — | 87° | — | — | 78–87° |
| 14d · 2026-10-02 | 71° | 83° | 88° | — | 87° | — | — | 71–88° |
| 13d · 2026-10-03 | 85° | 90° | 79° | — | 77° | — | — | 77–90° |
| 12d · 2026-10-04 | 82° | 75° | 88° | — | 72° | — | — | 72–88° |
| 11d · 2026-10-05 | 79° | 76° | 84° | — | 89° | — | — | 76–89° |
| 10d · 2026-10-06 | 76° | 72° | 86° | — | 86° | — | — | 72–86° |
| 9d · 2026-10-07 | 90° | 90° | 85° | 81° | 88° | — | — | 81–90° |
| 8d · 2026-10-08 | 77° | 89° | 85° | 90° | 87° | — | — | 77–90° |
| 7d · 2026-10-09 | 83° | 90° | 87° | 92° | 87° | — | — | 83–92° |
| 6d · 2026-10-10 | 76° | 81° | 87° | 90° | 89° | 75° | 86° | 75–90° |
| 5d · 2026-10-11 | 87° | 78° | 88° | 90° | 89° | 88° | 88° | 78–90° |
| 4d · 2026-10-12 | — | 83° | 87° | 89° | 88° | 87° | 89° | 83–89° |
| 3d · 2026-10-13 | 76° | 80° | 81° | 81° | 88° | 79° | 80° | 76–88° |
| 2d · 2026-10-14 | 76° | 77° | 77° | 82° | 82° | 77° | 80° | 76–82° |
| 1d · 2026-10-15 | 77° | 75° | 80° | 79° | 80° | 76° | 80° | 75–80° |
| actual | 79° |
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 Houston — 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 HOU observations. 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.