Was the forecast right for Seattle on Wed Sep 9?
Seattle, Washington · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the SEA observations
14 days out, 4 models put Seattle's Wed Sep 9 high anywhere from 63° to 76°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 76°. The day verified at 78° against the SEA observations — cloudy.
GEM landed closest, off by 0.5°. ICON ran 5° cold.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Wed Sep 9 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 · 2026-08-25 | — | 66° | — | — | 88° | — | — | 66–88° |
| 14d · 2026-08-26 | 63° | 76° | 65° | — | 63° | — | — | 63–76° |
| 13d · 2026-08-27 | 64° | 53° | 77° | — | 74° | — | — | 53–77° |
| 12d · 2026-08-28 | 66° | 79° | 64° | — | 70° | — | — | 64–79° |
| 11d · 2026-08-29 | 69° | 68° | 70° | — | 88° | — | — | 68–88° |
| 10d · 2026-08-30 | 69° | 63° | 66° | — | 76° | — | — | 63–76° |
| 9d · 2026-08-31 | 68° | 71° | 67° | 66° | 73° | — | — | 66–73° |
| 8d · 2026-09-01 | 68° | 82° | 69° | 66° | 69° | — | — | 66–82° |
| 7d · 2026-09-02 | 59° | 81° | 78° | 72° | 78° | — | — | 59–81° |
| 6d · 2026-09-03 | 72° | 77° | 76° | 69° | 78° | 67° | 73° | 67–78° |
| 5d · 2026-09-04 | 74° | 78° | 74° | 75° | 85° | 74° | 78° | 74–85° |
| 4d · 2026-09-05 | 75° | 79° | 73° | 75° | 80° | 74° | 79° | 73–80° |
| 3d · 2026-09-06 | 75° | 80° | 73° | 76° | 83° | 75° | 77° | 73–83° |
| 2d · 2026-09-07 | 74° | 78° | 72° | 76° | 81° | 74° | 76° | 72–81° |
| 1d · 2026-09-08 | 73° | 77° | 73° | 79° | 80° | 73° | 76° | 73–80° |
| 0d · 2026-09-09 | 74° | 76° | 75° | 78° | 80° | 73° | 76° | 73–80° |
| actual | 78° |
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.