Was the forecast right for Tampa on Fri Sep 4?
Tampa, Florida · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the TPA observations
10 days out, 4 models put Tampa's Fri Sep 4 high anywhere from 89° to 96°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 91°. The day verified at 92° against the TPA observations — drizzle.
AIGFS landed closest, off by 0.1°. ECMWF ran 4° cold.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Fri Sep 4 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 Tampa scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10d · 2026-08-25 | 89° | 91° | 89° | — | 96° | — | — | 89–96° |
| 9d · 2026-08-26 | 91° | 94° | 87° | — | 96° | — | — | 87–96° |
| 8d · 2026-08-27 | 89° | 95° | 89° | 91° | 94° | — | — | 89–95° |
| 7d · 2026-08-28 | 87° | 91° | 89° | 93° | 96° | — | — | 87–96° |
| 6d · 2026-08-29 | 88° | 90° | 89° | 87° | 84° | 93° | — | 84–93° |
| 5d · 2026-08-30 | 90° | 93° | 86° | 90° | 93° | 95° | 87° | 86–95° |
| 4d · 2026-08-31 | 90° | 92° | 89° | 90° | 96° | 93° | 86° | 86–96° |
| 3d · 2026-09-01 | 90° | 93° | 89° | 91° | 93° | 94° | 94° | 89–94° |
| 2d · 2026-09-02 | 90° | 91° | 88° | 89° | 92° | 92° | 88° | 88–92° |
| 1d · 2026-09-03 | 90° | 92° | 86° | 91° | 92° | 91° | 90° | 86–92° |
| 0d · 2026-09-04 | 90° | 92° | 88° | 90° | 93° | 91° | 91° | 88–93° |
| actual | 92° |
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 Tampa — 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 TPA observations. Archive depth varies by city; receipts exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.