Was the forecast right for Phoenix on Fri Oct 2?
Phoenix, Arizona · daily high temperature in °C · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the PHX observations
14 days out, 4 models put Phoenix's Fri Oct 2 high anywhere from 35° to 38°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 34°. The day verified at 36° against the PHX observations — clear.
GFS landed closest, off by 0.4°. ICON ran 2° 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 Phoenix scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-09-17 | — | 31° | — | — | 38° | — | — | 31–38° |
| 14d · 2026-09-18 | 38° | 38° | 38° | — | 35° | — | — | 35–38° |
| 13d · 2026-09-19 | 39° | 37° | 38° | — | 38° | — | — | 37–39° |
| 12d · 2026-09-20 | 33° | 34° | 38° | — | 32° | — | — | 32–38° |
| 11d · 2026-09-21 | 40° | 29° | 38° | — | 38° | — | — | 29–40° |
| 10d · 2026-09-22 | 40° | 36° | 36° | — | 37° | — | — | 36–40° |
| 9d · 2026-09-23 | 34° | 33° | 36° | 37° | 35° | — | — | 33–37° |
| 8d · 2026-09-24 | 35° | 34° | 32° | 35° | 36° | — | — | 32–36° |
| 7d · 2026-09-25 | 34° | 34° | 30° | 35° | 36° | — | — | 30–36° |
| 6d · 2026-09-26 | 34° | 35° | 32° | 35° | 35° | 34° | 35° | 32–35° |
| 5d · 2026-09-27 | 35° | 35° | 32° | 35° | 35° | 34° | 34° | 32–35° |
| 4d · 2026-09-28 | 35° | 35° | 34° | 33° | 36° | 34° | 34° | 33–36° |
| 3d · 2026-09-29 | 35° | 35° | 33° | 33° | 36° | 33° | 34° | 33–36° |
| 2d · 2026-09-30 | 35° | 35° | 34° | 34° | 36° | 33° | 34° | 33–36° |
| 1d · 2026-10-01 | 35° | 34° | 34° | 34° | 36° | 34° | 35° | 34–36° |
| actual | 36° |
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 PHX 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.