Was the forecast right for Minneapolis on Fri Oct 23?
Minneapolis, Minnesota · daily high temperature in °C · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the MSP observations
14 days out, 4 models put Minneapolis's Fri Oct 23 high anywhere from 9° to 15°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 23°. The day verified at 24° against the MSP observations — showers.
ECMWF landed closest, off by 1.0°. GFS ran 3° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Fri Oct 23 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 · 2026-10-08 | — | 15° | — | — | 15° | — | — | 15–15° |
| 14d · 2026-10-09 | 15° | 9° | 13° | — | 15° | — | — | 9–15° |
| 13d · 2026-10-10 | 12° | 12° | 13° | — | 13° | — | — | 12–13° |
| 12d · 2026-10-11 | 11° | 17° | 12° | — | 8° | — | — | 8–17° |
| 11d · 2026-10-12 | — | 13° | 19° | — | 14° | — | — | 13–19° |
| 10d · 2026-10-13 | 14° | 12° | 13° | — | 12° | — | — | 12–14° |
| 9d · 2026-10-14 | 22° | 24° | 18° | 21° | 21° | — | — | 18–24° |
| 8d · 2026-10-15 | 25° | 24° | 22° | 23° | 24° | — | — | 22–25° |
| 7d · 2026-10-16 | 23° | 24° | 22° | 18° | 24° | — | — | 18–24° |
| 6d · 2026-10-17 | 24° | 24° | 19° | 20° | 23° | 18° | 19° | 18–24° |
| 5d · 2026-10-18 | 23° | 23° | 18° | 20° | 22° | 19° | 17° | 17–23° |
| 4d · 2026-10-19 | 24° | 21° | 19° | 20° | 24° | 22° | 21° | 19–24° |
| 3d · 2026-10-20 | 24° | 23° | 22° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 19° | 19–24° |
| 2d · 2026-10-21 | 25° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 21° | 22° | 21° | 21–25° |
| 1d · 2026-10-22 | 23° | 22° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 23° | 22° | 22–23° |
| actual | 24° |
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.