Was the forecast right for Los Angeles on Thu Aug 20?
Los Angeles, California · daily high temperature in °C · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the ECMWF IFS analysis
14 days out, 4 models put Los Angeles's Thu Aug 20 high anywhere from 25° to 34°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 33°. The day verified at 35° against the ECMWF IFS analysis — cloudy.
UKMO landed closest, off by 0.4°. AIGFS ran 8° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Thu Aug 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 Los Angeles scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-08-05 | — | 23° | — | — | 32° | — | — | 23–32° |
| 14d · 2026-08-06 | 26° | 25° | 32° | — | 34° | — | — | 25–34° |
| 13d · 2026-08-07 | 31° | 24° | 25° | — | 31° | — | — | 24–31° |
| 12d · 2026-08-08 | 27° | 24° | 29° | — | 33° | — | — | 24–33° |
| 11d · 2026-08-09 | 27° | 26° | 28° | — | 32° | — | — | 26–32° |
| 10d · 2026-08-10 | 32° | 29° | 35° | — | 32° | — | — | 29–35° |
| 9d · 2026-08-11 | 32° | 27° | 28° | 31° | 32° | — | — | 27–32° |
| 8d · 2026-08-12 | 32° | 27° | 31° | 31° | 32° | — | — | 27–32° |
| 7d · 2026-08-13 | 33° | 25° | 30° | 33° | 29° | — | — | 25–33° |
| 6d · 2026-08-14 | 32° | 28° | 32° | 37° | 35° | 30° | — | 28–37° |
| 5d · 2026-08-15 | 30° | 27° | 35° | 35° | 36° | 33° | 32° | 27–36° |
| 4d · 2026-08-16 | 31° | 26° | 35° | 34° | 35° | 31° | 34° | 26–35° |
| 3d · 2026-08-17 | 31° | 26° | 35° | 34° | 35° | 31° | 34° | 26–35° |
| 2d · 2026-08-18 | 30° | 26° | 33° | 33° | 34° | 30° | 34° | 26–34° |
| 1d · 2026-08-19 | 29° | 27° | 34° | 33° | 34° | 30° | 35° | 27–35° |
| actual | 35° |
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.