Was the forecast right for Orlando on Thu Sep 3?
Orlando, Florida · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the ORL observations
14 days out, 4 models put Orlando's Thu Sep 3 high anywhere from 89° to 97°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 88°. The day verified at 85° against the ORL observations, with 0.03 in of precipitation — thunderstorms.
ECMWF landed closest, off by 0.3°. ICON ran 7° warm.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Thu Sep 3 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 Orlando scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-08-19 | — | 96° | — | — | 94° | — | — | 94–96° |
| 14d · 2026-08-20 | 89° | 93° | 91° | — | 97° | — | — | 89–97° |
| 13d · 2026-08-21 | 91° | 95° | 90° | — | 100° | — | — | 90–100° |
| 12d · 2026-08-22 | 90° | 94° | 89° | — | 99° | — | — | 89–99° |
| 11d · 2026-08-23 | 89° | 95° | 88° | — | 99° | — | — | 88–99° |
| 10d · 2026-08-24 | 89° | 93° | 80° | — | 98° | — | — | 80–98° |
| 9d · 2026-08-25 | 89° | 94° | 90° | 95° | 96° | — | — | 89–96° |
| 8d · 2026-08-26 | 89° | 92° | 89° | 93° | 100° | — | — | 89–100° |
| 7d · 2026-08-27 | 88° | 94° | 83° | 92° | 94° | — | — | 83–94° |
| 6d · 2026-08-28 | 86° | 90° | 89° | 93° | 96° | 87° | 84° | 84–96° |
| 5d · 2026-08-29 | 88° | 91° | 87° | 90° | 96° | 91° | 86° | 86–96° |
| 4d · 2026-08-30 | 90° | 93° | 86° | 89° | 94° | 92° | 82° | 82–94° |
| 3d · 2026-08-31 | 88° | 92° | 90° | 90° | 89° | 93° | 89° | 88–93° |
| 2d · 2026-09-01 | 88° | 88° | 88° | 88° | 92° | 93° | 90° | 88–93° |
| 1d · 2026-09-02 | 86° | 89° | 85° | 87° | 92° | 92° | 88° | 85–92° |
| actual | 85° |
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 Orlando — 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 ORL 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.