Was the forecast right for Los Angeles on Fri Oct 2?
Los Angeles, California · daily high temperature in °C · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the FHMC1 observations
14 days out, 4 models put Los Angeles's Fri Oct 2 high anywhere from 26° to 38°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 37°. The day verified at 39° against the FHMC1 observations — partly cloudy.
GEM landed closest, off by 0.7°. AIGFS ran 7° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Fri Oct 2 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 · 2026-09-17 | — | 26° | — | — | 30° | — | — | 26–30° |
| 14d · 2026-09-18 | 31° | 38° | 26° | — | 30° | — | — | 26–38° |
| 13d · 2026-09-19 | 33° | 27° | 37° | — | 37° | — | — | 27–37° |
| 12d · 2026-09-20 | 29° | 26° | 30° | — | 26° | — | — | 26–30° |
| 11d · 2026-09-21 | 30° | 28° | 29° | — | 39° | — | — | 28–39° |
| 10d · 2026-09-22 | 32° | 28° | 25° | — | 34° | — | — | 25–34° |
| 9d · 2026-09-23 | 28° | 26° | 31° | 34° | 30° | — | — | 26–34° |
| 8d · 2026-09-24 | 28° | 26° | 27° | 31° | 26° | — | — | 26–31° |
| 7d · 2026-09-25 | 32° | 26° | 27° | 30° | 25° | — | — | 25–32° |
| 6d · 2026-09-26 | 33° | 31° | 27° | 36° | 32° | 33° | 35° | 27–36° |
| 5d · 2026-09-27 | 31° | 33° | 34° | 36° | 37° | 39° | 36° | 31–39° |
| 4d · 2026-09-28 | 31° | 30° | 34° | 34° | 35° | 39° | 32° | 30–39° |
| 3d · 2026-09-29 | 32° | 32° | 36° | 38° | 34° | 39° | 34° | 32–39° |
| 2d · 2026-09-30 | 35° | 32° | 37° | 39° | 36° | 39° | 35° | 32–39° |
| 1d · 2026-10-01 | 34° | 32° | 38° | 39° | 36° | 38° | 37° | 32–39° |
| actual | 39° |
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 FHMC1 observations. 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.