Was the forecast right for Oklahoma City on Wed Aug 5?
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the ECMWF IFS analysis
14 days out, 4 models put Oklahoma City's Wed Aug 5 high anywhere from 89° to 103°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 102°. The day verified at 101° against the ECMWF IFS analysis — drizzle.
AIFS landed closest, off by 0.4°. AIGFS ran 3° warm.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Wed Aug 5 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 Oklahoma City scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-07-21 | — | 88° | — | — | 107° | — | — | 88–107° |
| 14d · 2026-07-22 | 98° | 89° | 100° | — | 103° | — | — | 89–103° |
| 13d · 2026-07-23 | 101° | 86° | 93° | — | 100° | — | — | 86–101° |
| 12d · 2026-07-24 | 86° | 91° | 82° | — | 112° | — | — | 82–112° |
| 11d · 2026-07-25 | 87° | 89° | 100° | — | 110° | — | — | 87–110° |
| 10d · 2026-07-26 | 92° | 95° | 103° | — | 104° | — | — | 92–104° |
| 9d · 2026-07-27 | 93° | 94° | 102° | 98° | 99° | — | — | 93–102° |
| 8d · 2026-07-28 | 95° | 96° | 102° | 99° | 103° | — | — | 95–103° |
| 7d · 2026-07-29 | 99° | 101° | 105° | 100° | 109° | 103° | — | 99–109° |
| 6d · 2026-07-30 | 100° | 100° | 106° | 102° | 112° | 92° | 106° | 92–112° |
| 5d · 2026-07-31 | 100° | 99° | 108° | 104° | 111° | 99° | 105° | 99–111° |
| 4d · 2026-08-01 | 100° | 102° | 104° | 101° | 111° | 102° | 101° | 100–111° |
| 3d · 2026-08-02 | 100° | 102° | 104° | 102° | 111° | 103° | 101° | 100–111° |
| 2d · 2026-08-03 | 100° | 103° | 101° | 102° | 104° | 104° | 102° | 100–104° |
| 1d · 2026-08-04 | 100° | 103° | 102° | 102° | 103° | 102° | 103° | 100–103° |
| actual | 101° |
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 Oklahoma City — 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 ECMWF IFS analysis (temperature_2m_max). 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.