Was the forecast right for Orlando on Fri Sep 11?
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 Fri Sep 11 high anywhere from 87° to 94°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 92°. The day verified at 93° against the ORL observations, with 0.01 in of precipitation — thunderstorms.
GEM landed closest, off by 0.1°. ECMWF ran 6° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Fri Sep 11 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, labeled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-08-27 | — | 91° | — | — | 103° | — | — | 91–103° |
| 14d · 2026-08-28 | 87° | 91° | 88° | — | 94° | — | — | 87–94° |
| 13d · 2026-08-29 | 88° | 91° | 88° | — | 98° | — | — | 88–98° |
| 12d · 2026-08-30 | 88° | 89° | 89° | — | 96° | — | — | 88–96° |
| 11d · 2026-08-31 | 89° | 92° | 90° | — | 94° | — | — | 89–94° |
| 10d · 2026-09-01 | 91° | 93° | 88° | — | 98° | — | — | 88–98° |
| 9d · 2026-09-02 | 92° | 92° | 89° | 90° | 94° | — | — | 89–94° |
| 8d · 2026-09-03 | 86° | 93° | 90° | 93° | 97° | — | — | 86–97° |
| 7d · 2026-09-04 | 88° | 93° | 89° | 93° | 98° | 95° | — | 88–98° |
| 6d · 2026-09-05 | 86° | 93° | 89° | 92° | 96° | 92° | 90° | 86–96° |
| 5d · 2026-09-06 | 90° | 93° | 89° | 91° | 97° | 87° | 94° | 87–97° |
| 4d · 2026-09-07 | 89° | 93° | 88° | 91° | 96° | 89° | 91° | 88–96° |
| 3d · 2026-09-08 | 89° | 93° | 88° | 93° | 97° | 90° | 89° | 88–97° |
| 2d · 2026-09-09 | 89° | 92° | 90° | 93° | 91° | 90° | 87° | 87–93° |
| 1d · 2026-09-10 | 90° | 93° | 87° | 93° | 92° | 92° | 92° | 87–93° |
| actual | 93° |
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 day was verified, usually 2 days after the date; a correction published after that is not carried into it. Archive depth varies by city; verified days exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.