Was the forecast right for Phoenix on Wed Oct 7?
Phoenix, Arizona · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the PHX observations
14 days out, 4 models put Phoenix's Wed Oct 7 high anywhere from 96° to 104°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 99°. The day verified at 102° against the PHX observations — clear.
ECMWF landed closest, off by 0.1°. AIGFS ran 4° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Wed Oct 7 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 · 2026-09-22 | — | 96° | — | — | 100° | — | — | 96–100° |
| 14d · 2026-09-23 | 100° | 97° | 104° | — | 96° | — | — | 96–104° |
| 13d · 2026-09-24 | 100° | 82° | 98° | — | 91° | — | — | 82–100° |
| 12d · 2026-09-25 | 100° | 91° | 93° | — | 95° | — | — | 91–100° |
| 11d · 2026-09-26 | 99° | 96° | 98° | — | 99° | — | — | 96–99° |
| 10d · 2026-09-27 | 102° | 99° | 99° | — | 97° | — | — | 97–102° |
| 9d · 2026-09-28 | 102° | 95° | 101° | 97° | 99° | — | — | 95–102° |
| 8d · 2026-09-29 | 102° | 96° | 103° | 99° | 99° | — | — | 96–103° |
| 7d · 2026-09-30 | 100° | 98° | 102° | 98° | 99° | — | — | 98–102° |
| 6d · 2026-10-01 | 100° | 100° | 101° | 99° | 101° | 98° | 98° | 98–101° |
| 5d · 2026-10-02 | 100° | 100° | 102° | 99° | 99° | 98° | 100° | 98–102° |
| 4d · 2026-10-03 | 100° | 98° | 101° | 100° | 98° | 98° | 100° | 98–101° |
| 3d · 2026-10-04 | 101° | 99° | 102° | 99° | 99° | 98° | 100° | 98–102° |
| 2d · 2026-10-05 | 101° | 98° | 102° | 99° | 99° | 99° | 99° | 98–102° |
| 1d · 2026-10-06 | 102° | 98° | 102° | 99° | 99° | 99° | 99° | 98–102° |
| actual | 102° |
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.