Was the forecast right for Phoenix on Fri Aug 14?
Phoenix, Arizona · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the ECMWF IFS analysis
14 days out, 4 models put Phoenix's Fri Aug 14 high anywhere from 101° to 106°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 99°. The day verified at 100° against the ECMWF IFS analysis — cloudy.
ICON landed closest, off by 0.1°. AIFS ran 4° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Fri Aug 14 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 Phoenix scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-07-30 | — | 103° | — | — | 105° | — | — | 103–105° |
| 14d · 2026-07-31 | 102° | 106° | 101° | — | 104° | — | — | 101–106° |
| 13d · 2026-08-01 | 95° | 103° | 105° | — | 99° | — | — | 95–105° |
| 12d · 2026-08-02 | 103° | 93° | 104° | — | 104° | — | — | 93–104° |
| 11d · 2026-08-03 | 102° | 98° | 95° | — | 101° | — | — | 95–102° |
| 10d · 2026-08-04 | 97° | 104° | 88° | — | 105° | — | — | 88–105° |
| 9d · 2026-08-05 | 96° | 99° | 98° | 103° | 103° | — | — | 96–103° |
| 8d · 2026-08-06 | 94° | 102° | 106° | 105° | 100° | — | — | 94–106° |
| 7d · 2026-08-07 | 96° | 102° | 100° | 102° | 105° | — | — | 96–105° |
| 6d · 2026-08-08 | 102° | 101° | 96° | 97° | 103° | 96° | 99° | 96–103° |
| 5d · 2026-08-09 | 103° | 102° | 103° | 100° | 99° | 96° | 103° | 96–103° |
| 4d · 2026-08-10 | 100° | 101° | 100° | 99° | 100° | 99° | 102° | 99–102° |
| 3d · 2026-08-11 | 96° | 100° | 100° | 100° | 100° | 97° | 99° | 96–100° |
| 2d · 2026-08-12 | 96° | 98° | 95° | 97° | 100° | 96° | 100° | 95–100° |
| 1d · 2026-08-13 | 96° | 99° | 98° | 100° | 104° | 100° | 98° | 96–104° |
| actual | 100° |
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 Phoenix — 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.