Was the forecast right for London on Sun Sep 20?
London, England · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the EGLL observations
14 days out, 4 models put London's Sun Sep 20 high anywhere from 61° to 84°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 67°. The day verified at 71° against the EGLL observations, with 0.02 in of precipitation — cloudy.
GFS landed closest, off by 2.3°. AIGFS ran 5° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Sun Sep 20 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 London scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-09-05 | — | 70° | — | — | 82° | — | — | 70–82° |
| 14d · 2026-09-06 | 61° | 65° | 84° | — | 64° | — | — | 61–84° |
| 13d · 2026-09-07 | 67° | 68° | 71° | — | 68° | — | — | 67–71° |
| 12d · 2026-09-08 | 62° | 70° | 68° | — | 72° | — | — | 62–72° |
| 11d · 2026-09-09 | 73° | 72° | 68° | — | 71° | — | — | 68–73° |
| 10d · 2026-09-10 | 68° | 63° | 66° | — | 61° | — | — | 61–68° |
| 9d · 2026-09-11 | 68° | 62° | 64° | 76° | 76° | — | — | 62–76° |
| 8d · 2026-09-12 | 70° | 63° | 66° | 69° | 63° | — | — | 63–70° |
| 7d · 2026-09-13 | 67° | 69° | 65° | 73° | 70° | — | — | 65–73° |
| 6d · 2026-09-14 | 69° | 73° | 66° | 70° | 75° | 64° | 72° | 64–75° |
| 5d · 2026-09-15 | 69° | 66° | 70° | 68° | 71° | 72° | 74° | 66–74° |
| 4d · 2026-09-16 | 66° | 69° | 65° | 68° | 68° | 65° | 68° | 65–69° |
| 3d · 2026-09-17 | 66° | 66° | 66° | 69° | 65° | 66° | 68° | 65–69° |
| 2d · 2026-09-18 | 66° | 66° | 67° | 66° | 68° | 66° | 66° | 66–68° |
| 1d · 2026-09-19 | 66° | 66° | 66° | 66° | 67° | 67° | 66° | 66–67° |
| 0d · 2026-09-20 | 66° | 65° | 67° | 67° | 68° | 67° | 67° | 65–68° |
| actual | 71° |
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 London — 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 EGLL observations. Archive depth varies by city; receipts exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.