Was the forecast right for Seattle on Tue Aug 18?
Seattle, Washington · daily high temperature in °C · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the ECMWF IFS analysis
14 days out, 4 models put Seattle's Tue Aug 18 high anywhere from 22° to 28°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 26°. The day verified at 28° against the ECMWF IFS analysis — cloudy.
GFS landed closest, off by 0.8°. AIFS ran 5° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Tue Aug 18 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 · 2026-08-03 | — | 20° | — | — | 30° | — | — | 20–30° |
| 14d · 2026-08-04 | 22° | 26° | 28° | — | 27° | — | — | 22–28° |
| 13d · 2026-08-05 | 24° | 24° | 27° | — | 22° | — | — | 22–27° |
| 12d · 2026-08-06 | 19° | 22° | 27° | — | 31° | — | — | 19–31° |
| 11d · 2026-08-07 | 22° | 22° | 30° | — | 28° | — | — | 22–30° |
| 10d · 2026-08-08 | 20° | 21° | 20° | — | 26° | — | — | 20–26° |
| 9d · 2026-08-09 | 20° | 26° | 18° | 24° | 17° | — | — | 17–26° |
| 8d · 2026-08-10 | 22° | 27° | 29° | 25° | 27° | — | — | 22–29° |
| 7d · 2026-08-11 | 21° | 25° | 26° | 21° | 32° | 24° | — | 21–32° |
| 6d · 2026-08-12 | 23° | 21° | 25° | 24° | 27° | 19° | 24° | 19–27° |
| 5d · 2026-08-13 | 23° | 24° | 23° | 24° | 27° | 25° | 28° | 23–28° |
| 4d · 2026-08-14 | 22° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 29° | 23° | 27° | 22–29° |
| 3d · 2026-08-15 | 22° | 27° | 26° | 24° | 29° | 24° | 27° | 22–29° |
| 2d · 2026-08-16 | 23° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 28° | 25° | 27° | 23–28° |
| 1d · 2026-08-17 | 23° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 25° | 27° | 23–27° |
| actual | 28° |
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.