Was the forecast right for Seattle on Sat Sep 5?
Seattle, Washington · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the SEA observations
13 days out, 4 models put Seattle's Sat Sep 5 high anywhere from 58° to 81°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 69°. The day verified at 70° against the SEA observations — drizzle.
AIGFS landed closest, off by 0.2°. ECMWF ran 4° cold.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Sat Sep 5 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 · 2026-08-23 | 60° | 81° | 58° | — | 75° | — | — | 58–81° |
| 12d · 2026-08-24 | 69° | 76° | 80° | — | 80° | — | — | 69–80° |
| 11d · 2026-08-25 | 77° | 74° | 73° | — | 68° | — | — | 68–77° |
| 10d · 2026-08-26 | 76° | 70° | 61° | — | 68° | — | — | 61–76° |
| 9d · 2026-08-27 | 63° | 76° | 61° | 76° | 70° | — | — | 61–76° |
| 8d · 2026-08-28 | 64° | 70° | 62° | 61° | 72° | — | — | 61–72° |
| 7d · 2026-08-29 | 61° | 73° | 65° | 67° | 70° | — | — | 61–73° |
| 6d · 2026-08-30 | 68° | 76° | 69° | 64° | 73° | 66° | 71° | 64–76° |
| 5d · 2026-08-31 | 66° | 71° | 67° | 66° | 73° | 68° | 62° | 62–73° |
| 4d · 2026-09-01 | 67° | 72° | 66° | 63° | 74° | 71° | 74° | 63–74° |
| 3d · 2026-09-02 | 67° | 71° | 68° | 67° | 68° | 67° | 74° | 67–74° |
| 2d · 2026-09-03 | 65° | 70° | 68° | 69° | 70° | 66° | 70° | 65–70° |
| 1d · 2026-09-04 | 64° | 70° | 66° | 69° | 75° | 69° | 71° | 64–75° |
| 0d · 2026-09-05 | 66° | 70° | 66° | 69° | 72° | 68° | 70° | 66–72° |
| actual | 70° |
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 SEA observations. Archive depth varies by city; receipts exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.