Was the forecast right for Minneapolis on Thu Sep 3?
Minneapolis, Minnesota · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the MSP observations
11 days out, 4 models put Minneapolis's Thu Sep 3 high anywhere from 68° to 74°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 87°. The day verified at 90° against the MSP observations, with 0.02 in of precipitation — thunderstorms.
UKMO landed closest, off by 0.5°. AIFS ran 9° cold.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Thu Sep 3 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 Minneapolis scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11d · 2026-08-23 | 68° | 72° | 71° | — | 74° | — | — | 68–74° |
| 10d · 2026-08-24 | 81° | 83° | 85° | — | 84° | — | — | 81–85° |
| 9d · 2026-08-25 | 81° | 88° | 75° | — | 73° | — | — | 73–88° |
| 8d · 2026-08-26 | 79° | 85° | 86° | 76° | 98° | — | — | 76–98° |
| 7d · 2026-08-27 | 81° | 71° | 80° | 81° | 82° | — | — | 71–82° |
| 6d · 2026-08-28 | 82° | 84° | 80° | 84° | 101° | 94° | — | 80–101° |
| 5d · 2026-08-29 | 80° | 81° | 87° | 77° | 89° | 94° | 89° | 77–94° |
| 4d · 2026-08-30 | 83° | 81° | 92° | 87° | 80° | 92° | 89° | 80–92° |
| 3d · 2026-08-31 | 81° | 82° | 88° | 83° | 94° | 80° | 83° | 80–94° |
| 2d · 2026-09-01 | 83° | 87° | 92° | 88° | 97° | 85° | 85° | 83–97° |
| 1d · 2026-09-02 | 85° | 86° | 89° | 87° | 98° | 91° | 89° | 85–98° |
| 0d · 2026-09-03 | 81° | 87° | 84° | 86° | 97° | 92° | 90° | 81–97° |
| actual | 90° |
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 Minneapolis — 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 MSP observations. Archive depth varies by city; receipts exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.