Was the forecast right for Minneapolis on Thu Oct 22?
Minneapolis, Minnesota · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the MSP observations
14 days out, 4 models put Minneapolis's Thu Oct 22 high anywhere from 51° to 58°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 73°. The day verified at 75° against the MSP observations — clear.
GFS landed closest, off by 0.0°. UKMO ran 6° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Thu Oct 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-10-07 | — | 67° | — | — | 57° | — | — | 57–67° |
| 14d · 2026-10-08 | 51° | 54° | 53° | — | 58° | — | — | 51–58° |
| 13d · 2026-10-09 | 58° | 61° | 58° | — | 59° | — | — | 58–61° |
| 12d · 2026-10-10 | 58° | 59° | 65° | — | 58° | — | — | 58–65° |
| 11d · 2026-10-11 | 57° | 67° | 73° | — | 52° | — | — | 52–73° |
| 10d · 2026-10-12 | — | 67° | 70° | — | 68° | — | — | 67–70° |
| 9d · 2026-10-13 | 56° | 64° | 68° | 72° | 51° | — | — | 51–72° |
| 8d · 2026-10-14 | 74° | 74° | 70° | 72° | 68° | — | — | 68–74° |
| 7d · 2026-10-15 | 71° | 75° | 69° | 74° | 74° | — | — | 69–75° |
| 6d · 2026-10-16 | 69° | 66° | 70° | 66° | 75° | 66° | 64° | 64–75° |
| 5d · 2026-10-17 | 73° | 73° | 70° | 65° | 74° | 63° | 64° | 63–74° |
| 4d · 2026-10-18 | 74° | 73° | 70° | 71° | 74° | 71° | 67° | 67–74° |
| 3d · 2026-10-19 | 74° | 73° | 70° | 73° | 74° | 74° | 68° | 68–74° |
| 2d · 2026-10-20 | 73° | 72° | 70° | 73° | 74° | 74° | 66° | 66–74° |
| 1d · 2026-10-21 | 73° | 73° | 72° | 76° | 75° | 74° | 69° | 69–76° |
| actual | 75° |
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. The actual values are the ones in hand when this receipt was settled, usually 2 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.