Was the forecast right for Houston on Sun Oct 25?
Houston, Texas · daily high temperature in °C · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the HOU observations
14 days out, 4 models put Houston's Sun Oct 25 high anywhere from 20° to 29°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 27°. The day verified at 27° against the HOU observations — cloudy.
GEM landed closest, off by 0.1°. ECMWF ran 1° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Sun Oct 25 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, labeled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-10-10 | — | 23° | — | — | 28° | — | — | 23–28° |
| 14d · 2026-10-11 | 23° | 20° | 29° | — | 29° | — | — | 20–29° |
| 13d · 2026-10-12 | — | 26° | 27° | — | 24° | — | — | 24–27° |
| 12d · 2026-10-13 | 24° | 29° | 30° | — | 30° | — | — | 24–30° |
| 11d · 2026-10-14 | 28° | 28° | 29° | — | 29° | — | — | 28–29° |
| 10d · 2026-10-15 | 29° | 26° | 30° | — | 29° | — | — | 26–30° |
| 9d · 2026-10-16 | 28° | 27° | 29° | 31° | 29° | — | — | 27–31° |
| 8d · 2026-10-17 | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 27° | — | — | 27–28° |
| 7d · 2026-10-18 | 27° | 26° | 28° | 27° | 27° | — | — | 26–28° |
| 6d · 2026-10-19 | 27° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 26° | 28° | 26° | 26–28° |
| 5d · 2026-10-20 | 27° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 26–28° |
| 4d · 2026-10-21 | 27° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 28° | 26–28° |
| 3d · 2026-10-22 | 27° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 26–27° |
| 2d · 2026-10-23 | 27° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 26–27° |
| 1d · 2026-10-24 | 27° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 26–27° |
| actual | 27° |
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 day was verified, usually 2 days after the date; a correction published after that is not carried into it. Archive depth varies by city; verified days exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.