Was the forecast right for Los Angeles on Sun Aug 16?
Los Angeles, California · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the ECMWF IFS analysis
14 days out, 4 models put Los Angeles's Sun Aug 16 high anywhere from 75° to 91°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 84°. The day verified at 89° against the ECMWF IFS analysis — partly cloudy.
ECMWF landed closest, off by 2.8°. AIGFS ran 11° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Sun Aug 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 Los Angeles scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-08-01 | — | 79° | — | — | 90° | — | — | 79–90° |
| 14d · 2026-08-02 | 84° | 75° | 79° | — | 91° | — | — | 75–91° |
| 13d · 2026-08-03 | 82° | 80° | 83° | — | 88° | — | — | 80–88° |
| 12d · 2026-08-04 | 81° | 82° | 84° | — | 85° | — | — | 81–85° |
| 11d · 2026-08-05 | 78° | 76° | 84° | — | 88° | — | — | 76–88° |
| 10d · 2026-08-06 | 78° | 79° | 85° | — | 93° | — | — | 78–93° |
| 9d · 2026-08-07 | 81° | 76° | 88° | 86° | 88° | — | — | 76–88° |
| 8d · 2026-08-08 | 86° | 76° | 85° | 85° | 86° | — | — | 76–86° |
| 7d · 2026-08-09 | 86° | 80° | 84° | 87° | 84° | — | — | 80–87° |
| 6d · 2026-08-10 | 84° | 82° | 87° | 89° | 85° | 83° | 83° | 82–89° |
| 5d · 2026-08-11 | 88° | 79° | 86° | 87° | 86° | 83° | 88° | 79–88° |
| 4d · 2026-08-12 | 86° | 78° | 88° | 88° | 87° | 83° | 82° | 78–88° |
| 3d · 2026-08-13 | 85° | 79° | 87° | 84° | 86° | 82° | 83° | 79–87° |
| 2d · 2026-08-14 | 84° | 80° | 86° | 86° | 87° | 81° | 82° | 80–87° |
| 1d · 2026-08-15 | 84° | 78° | 86° | 84° | 85° | 81° | 84° | 78–86° |
| actual | 89° |
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 Los Angeles — 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 ECMWF IFS analysis (temperature_2m_max). The actual values are the ones in hand when this receipt was settled, usually 4 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.