Was the forecast right for Miami on Thu Sep 17?
Miami, Florida · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the MIA observations
13 days out, 4 models put Miami's Thu Sep 17 high anywhere from 86° to 91°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 85°. The day verified at 84° against the MIA observations, with 0.06 in of precipitation — thunderstorms.
UKMO landed closest, off by 0.3°. GFS ran 6° hot.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Thu Sep 17 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 Miami scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-09-02 | — | 88° | — | — | 90° | — | — | 88–90° |
| 14d · 2026-09-03 | 87° | 86° | — | — | 92° | — | — | 86–92° |
| 13d · 2026-09-04 | 86° | 87° | 88° | — | 91° | — | — | 86–91° |
| 12d · 2026-09-05 | 87° | 88° | 80° | — | 91° | — | — | 80–91° |
| 11d · 2026-09-06 | 86° | 86° | 86° | — | 92° | — | — | 86–92° |
| 10d · 2026-09-07 | 85° | 88° | 87° | — | 94° | — | — | 85–94° |
| 9d · 2026-09-08 | 86° | 83° | 87° | — | 90° | — | — | 83–90° |
| 8d · 2026-09-09 | 86° | 89° | 85° | 89° | 91° | — | — | 85–91° |
| 7d · 2026-09-10 | 85° | 90° | 79° | 89° | 91° | — | — | 79–91° |
| 6d · 2026-09-11 | 82° | 85° | 86° | 89° | 88° | 91° | — | 82–91° |
| 5d · 2026-09-12 | 83° | 88° | 85° | 88° | 89° | 88° | 89° | 83–89° |
| 4d · 2026-09-13 | 84° | 88° | 83° | 89° | 90° | 87° | 84° | 83–90° |
| 3d · 2026-09-14 | 82° | 89° | 85° | 89° | 91° | 88° | 85° | 82–91° |
| 2d · 2026-09-15 | 83° | 88° | 85° | 91° | 90° | 88° | 84° | 83–91° |
| 1d · 2026-09-16 | 84° | 86° | 86° | 84° | 89° | 88° | 83° | 83–89° |
| 0d · 2026-09-17 | 84° | 87° | 85° | 85° | 90° | 87° | 84° | 84–90° |
| actual | 84° |
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 Miami — 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 MIA observations. Archive depth varies by city; receipts exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.