Was the forecast right for New Orleans on Fri Sep 4?
New Orleans, Louisiana · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the NEW observations
13 days out, 4 models put New Orleans's Fri Sep 4 high anywhere from 82° to 94°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 84°. The day verified at 87° against the NEW observations, with 0.12 in of precipitation — thunderstorms.
GEM landed closest, off by 1.4°. GFS ran 4° hot.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Fri Sep 4 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 New Orleans scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13d · 2026-08-22 | 82° | 92° | 83° | — | 94° | — | — | 82–94° |
| 12d · 2026-08-23 | 85° | 98° | 88° | — | 93° | — | — | 85–98° |
| 11d · 2026-08-24 | 88° | 95° | 85° | — | 90° | — | — | 85–95° |
| 10d · 2026-08-25 | 85° | 93° | 84° | — | 90° | — | — | 84–93° |
| 9d · 2026-08-26 | 87° | 92° | 87° | — | 94° | — | — | 87–94° |
| 8d · 2026-08-27 | 85° | 94° | 88° | 88° | 94° | — | — | 85–94° |
| 7d · 2026-08-28 | 87° | 95° | 88° | 91° | 92° | — | — | 87–95° |
| 6d · 2026-08-29 | 85° | 84° | 85° | 88° | 92° | 91° | — | 84–92° |
| 5d · 2026-08-30 | 85° | 89° | 85° | 88° | 90° | 86° | 92° | 85–92° |
| 4d · 2026-08-31 | 86° | 89° | 85° | 83° | 93° | 86° | 91° | 83–93° |
| 3d · 2026-09-01 | 85° | 89° | 87° | 90° | 92° | 87° | 88° | 85–92° |
| 2d · 2026-09-02 | 85° | 85° | 85° | 90° | 93° | 83° | 91° | 83–93° |
| 1d · 2026-09-03 | 84° | 87° | 83° | 87° | 91° | 88° | 89° | 83–91° |
| 0d · 2026-09-04 | 83° | 88° | 83° | 88° | 92° | 84° | 83° | 83–92° |
| actual | 87° |
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 New Orleans — 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 NEW observations. Archive depth varies by city; receipts exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.