Was the forecast right for Seattle on Sat Aug 15?
Seattle, Washington · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the ECMWF IFS analysis
14 days out, 4 models put Seattle's Sat Aug 15 high anywhere from 72° to 82°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 77°. The day verified at 77° against the ECMWF IFS analysis, with 0.01 in of precipitation — drizzle.
AIGFS landed closest, off by 0.2°. AIFS ran 8° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Sat Aug 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-07-31 | — | 74° | — | — | 63° | — | — | 63–74° |
| 14d · 2026-08-01 | 78° | 72° | 75° | — | 82° | — | — | 72–82° |
| 13d · 2026-08-02 | 79° | 83° | 72° | — | 77° | — | — | 72–83° |
| 12d · 2026-08-03 | 68° | 78° | 81° | — | 75° | — | — | 68–81° |
| 11d · 2026-08-04 | 74° | 81° | 86° | — | 85° | — | — | 74–86° |
| 10d · 2026-08-05 | 79° | 85° | 88° | — | 92° | — | — | 79–92° |
| 9d · 2026-08-06 | 74° | 81° | 75° | 82° | 87° | — | — | 74–87° |
| 8d · 2026-08-07 | 75° | 77° | 84° | 79° | 74° | — | — | 74–84° |
| 7d · 2026-08-08 | 74° | 78° | 82° | 79° | 87° | 80° | — | 74–87° |
| 6d · 2026-08-09 | 72° | 80° | 83° | 79° | 83° | 76° | 80° | 72–83° |
| 5d · 2026-08-10 | 73° | 77° | 79° | 76° | 83° | 75° | 78° | 73–83° |
| 4d · 2026-08-11 | 74° | 78° | 81° | 78° | 86° | 77° | 78° | 74–86° |
| 3d · 2026-08-12 | 73° | 78° | 81° | 75° | 87° | 76° | 80° | 73–87° |
| 2d · 2026-08-13 | 70° | 76° | 80° | 76° | 81° | 77° | 78° | 70–81° |
| 1d · 2026-08-14 | 69° | 77° | 80° | 78° | 76° | 74° | 78° | 69–80° |
| actual | 77° |
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.