Was the forecast right for Phoenix on Fri Oct 9?
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 Fri Oct 9 high anywhere from 85° to 101°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 101°. The day verified at 104° against the PHX observations — partly cloudy.
ECMWF landed closest, off by 2.2°. ICON ran 5° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Fri Oct 9 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 · 2026-09-24 | — | 78° | — | — | 94° | — | — | 78–94° |
| 14d · 2026-09-25 | 101° | 91° | 85° | — | 96° | — | — | 85–101° |
| 13d · 2026-09-26 | 100° | 93° | 100° | — | 96° | — | — | 93–100° |
| 12d · 2026-09-27 | 100° | 96° | 100° | — | 94° | — | — | 94–100° |
| 11d · 2026-09-28 | 102° | 92° | 97° | — | 100° | — | — | 92–102° |
| 10d · 2026-09-29 | 100° | 93° | 101° | — | 94° | — | — | 93–101° |
| 9d · 2026-09-30 | 99° | 93° | 101° | 94° | 96° | — | — | 93–101° |
| 8d · 2026-10-01 | 101° | 98° | 100° | 93° | 100° | — | — | 93–101° |
| 7d · 2026-10-02 | 98° | 97° | 101° | 94° | 98° | — | — | 94–101° |
| 6d · 2026-10-03 | 98° | 96° | 101° | 96° | 96° | 97° | 100° | 96–101° |
| 5d · 2026-10-04 | 100° | 98° | 103° | 99° | 98° | 95° | 101° | 95–103° |
| 4d · 2026-10-05 | 102° | 98° | 103° | 97° | 99° | 96° | 100° | 96–103° |
| 3d · 2026-10-06 | 102° | 98° | 103° | 100° | 99° | 98° | 102° | 98–103° |
| 2d · 2026-10-07 | 101° | 99° | 103° | 100° | 100° | 99° | 101° | 99–103° |
| 1d · 2026-10-08 | 101° | 99° | 102° | 100° | 101° | 99° | 101° | 99–102° |
| actual | 104° |
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.