Was the forecast right for Seattle on Thu Jul 30?
Seattle, Washington · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the ECMWF IFS analysis
13 days out, 4 models put Seattle's Thu Jul 30 high anywhere from 70° to 84°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 76°. The day verified at 76° against the ECMWF IFS analysis — cloudy.
GFS landed closest, off by 0.2°. AIGFS ran 3° warm.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Thu Jul 30 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 Seattle scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13d · 2026-07-17 | 73° | 74° | 70° | — | 84° | — | — | 70–84° |
| 12d · 2026-07-18 | 74° | 78° | 74° | — | 88° | — | — | 74–88° |
| 11d · 2026-07-19 | 75° | 81° | 74° | — | 80° | — | — | 74–81° |
| 10d · 2026-07-20 | 75° | 76° | 80° | — | 79° | — | — | 75–80° |
| 9d · 2026-07-21 | 76° | 80° | 81° | 77° | 83° | — | — | 76–83° |
| 8d · 2026-07-22 | 74° | 77° | 79° | 74° | 86° | — | — | 74–86° |
| 7d · 2026-07-23 | 73° | 76° | 74° | 75° | 79° | 74° | — | 73–79° |
| 6d · 2026-07-24 | 75° | 80° | 75° | 75° | 80° | 75° | 74° | 74–80° |
| 5d · 2026-07-25 | 75° | 78° | 75° | 73° | 84° | 72° | 75° | 72–84° |
| 4d · 2026-07-26 | 74° | 78° | 75° | 73° | 82° | 75° | 78° | 73–82° |
| 3d · 2026-07-27 | 73° | 78° | 76° | 72° | 81° | 75° | 74° | 72–81° |
| 2d · 2026-07-28 | 74° | 80° | 76° | 74° | 80° | 73° | 75° | 73–80° |
| 1d · 2026-07-29 | 74° | 79° | 77° | 77° | 76° | 74° | 76° | 74–79° |
| actual | 76° |
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 Seattle — 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.