Was the forecast right for New York on Thu Oct 15?
New York, New York · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the NYC observations
14 days out, 4 models put New York's Thu Oct 15 high anywhere from 55° to 77°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 66°. The day verified at 64° against the NYC observations — cloudy.
ICON landed closest, off by 0.7°. GFS ran 3° warm.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Thu Oct 15 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 York scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-09-30 | — | 50° | — | — | 72° | — | — | 50–72° |
| 14d · 2026-10-01 | 55° | 59° | 77° | — | 72° | — | — | 55–77° |
| 13d · 2026-10-02 | 62° | 59° | 65° | — | 73° | — | — | 59–73° |
| 12d · 2026-10-03 | 69° | 60° | 73° | — | 74° | — | — | 60–74° |
| 11d · 2026-10-04 | 76° | 48° | 67° | — | 65° | — | — | 48–76° |
| 10d · 2026-10-05 | 65° | 60° | 68° | — | 72° | — | — | 60–72° |
| 9d · 2026-10-06 | 58° | 64° | 57° | — | 59° | — | — | 57–64° |
| 8d · 2026-10-07 | 60° | 63° | 54° | 62° | 61° | — | — | 54–63° |
| 7d · 2026-10-08 | 62° | 65° | 59° | 83° | 67° | — | — | 59–83° |
| 6d · 2026-10-09 | 66° | 60° | 62° | 59° | 64° | 61° | 62° | 59–66° |
| 5d · 2026-10-10 | 70° | 64° | 66° | 61° | 65° | 69° | 73° | 61–73° |
| 4d · 2026-10-11 | 68° | 68° | 64° | 68° | 73° | 63° | 73° | 63–73° |
| 3d · 2026-10-12 | — | 65° | 70° | 71° | 68° | 65° | 68° | 65–71° |
| 2d · 2026-10-13 | 66° | 65° | 63° | 68° | 67° | 65° | 66° | 63–68° |
| 1d · 2026-10-14 | 66° | 65° | 66° | 67° | 67° | 65° | 66° | 65–67° |
| actual | 64° |
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 York — 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 NYC 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.