Was the forecast right for Oklahoma City on Fri Oct 2?
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the OKC observations
14 days out, 4 models put Oklahoma City's Fri Oct 2 high anywhere from 75° to 86°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 70°. The day verified at 71° against the OKC observations, with 0.04 in of precipitation — drizzle.
GFS landed closest, off by 0.3°. AIGFS ran 3° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Fri Oct 2 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 · 2026-09-17 | — | 79° | — | — | 92° | — | — | 79–92° |
| 14d · 2026-09-18 | 75° | 83° | 86° | — | 80° | — | — | 75–86° |
| 13d · 2026-09-19 | 76° | 81° | 68° | — | 72° | — | — | 68–81° |
| 12d · 2026-09-20 | 72° | 79° | 76° | — | 89° | — | — | 72–89° |
| 11d · 2026-09-21 | 86° | 75° | 75° | — | 87° | — | — | 75–87° |
| 10d · 2026-09-22 | 80° | 72° | 80° | — | 87° | — | — | 72–87° |
| 9d · 2026-09-23 | 74° | 73° | 75° | 78° | 75° | — | — | 73–78° |
| 8d · 2026-09-24 | 75° | 68° | 79° | 87° | 79° | — | — | 68–87° |
| 7d · 2026-09-25 | 68° | 78° | 77° | 85° | 93° | 74° | — | 68–93° |
| 6d · 2026-09-26 | 66° | 71° | 75° | 72° | 80° | 60° | 66° | 60–80° |
| 5d · 2026-09-27 | 75° | 68° | 69° | 70° | 64° | 62° | 70° | 62–75° |
| 4d · 2026-09-28 | 71° | 72° | 72° | 68° | 77° | 65° | 72° | 65–77° |
| 3d · 2026-09-29 | 70° | 70° | 72° | 68° | 72° | 72° | 74° | 68–74° |
| 2d · 2026-09-30 | 69° | 68° | 68° | 68° | 70° | 70° | 72° | 68–72° |
| 1d · 2026-10-01 | 69° | 68° | 70° | 69° | 71° | 70° | 72° | 68–72° |
| actual | 71° |
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 OKC 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.