Was the forecast right for Salt Lake City on Sat Sep 12?
Salt Lake City, Utah · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the SLC observations
14 days out, 4 models put Salt Lake City's Sat Sep 12 high anywhere from 78° to 90°; by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 90°. The day verified at 91° against the SLC observations.
AIFS landed closest, off by 0.9°. AIGFS ran 3° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Forecast highs for Sat Sep 12 as each model's run approached it, recorded from the last archived model run per day. NBM and The Spread's own blend are omitted because they average the other models.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-08-28 | 86° | 83° | — | — | 86° | — | — | 83–86° |
| 14d · 2026-08-29 | 78° | 82° | 90° | — | 84° | — | — | 78–90° |
| 13d · 2026-08-30 | 71° | 75° | 84° | — | 87° | — | — | 71–87° |
| 12d · 2026-08-31 | 80° | 77° | 72° | — | 87° | — | — | 72–87° |
| 11d · 2026-09-01 | 71° | 78° | 74° | — | 79° | — | — | 71–79° |
| 10d · 2026-09-02 | 82° | 85° | 83° | — | 79° | — | — | 79–85° |
| 9d · 2026-09-03 | 89° | 82° | 85° | 78° | 83° | — | — | 78–89° |
| 8d · 2026-09-04 | 88° | 88° | 85° | 82° | 84° | — | — | 82–88° |
| 7d · 2026-09-05 | 88° | 80° | 73° | 89° | 75° | 95° | — | 73–95° |
| 6d · 2026-09-06 | 92° | 90° | 87° | 90° | 81° | 88° | 90° | 81–92° |
| 5d · 2026-09-07 | 91° | 91° | 92° | 91° | 90° | 87° | 87° | 87–92° |
| 4d · 2026-09-08 | 91° | 90° | 94° | 90° | 93° | 91° | 92° | 90–94° |
| 3d · 2026-09-09 | 90° | 92° | 93° | 93° | 93° | 94° | 90° | 90–94° |
| 2d · 2026-09-10 | 90° | 90° | 90° | 92° | 91° | 95° | 89° | 89–95° |
| 1d · 2026-09-11 | 90° | 88° | 90° | 92° | 90° | 92° | 90° | 88–92° |
| actual | 91° |
What one day can show
A score for one day isn't very meaningful; a useful ranking needs many days of data. See which model has been most accurate in Salt Lake City, or in every city The Spread scores.
Forecasts are what each model's archived runs said at the time they were recorded by The Spread; nothing is reconstructed after the fact. Truth is the SLC 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.