Was the forecast right for Tampa on Sat Sep 12?
Tampa, Florida · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the TPA observations
14 days out, 4 models put Tampa's Sat Sep 12 high anywhere from 89° to 98°; by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 91°. The day verified at 91° against the TPA observations.
ICON landed closest, off by 0.1°. ECMWF ran 7° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Forecast highs for Sat Sep 12 as each model's run approached it, recorded from the last archived model run per day. NBM and The Spread's own blend are omitted because they average the other models.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-08-28 | — | 89° | — | — | 92° | — | — | 89–92° |
| 14d · 2026-08-29 | 90° | 92° | 89° | — | 98° | — | — | 89–98° |
| 13d · 2026-08-30 | 89° | 92° | 88° | — | 92° | — | — | 88–92° |
| 12d · 2026-08-31 | 89° | 91° | 89° | — | 91° | — | — | 89–91° |
| 11d · 2026-09-01 | 90° | 92° | 82° | — | 93° | — | — | 82–93° |
| 10d · 2026-09-02 | 89° | 94° | 89° | — | 93° | — | — | 89–94° |
| 9d · 2026-09-03 | 86° | 92° | 89° | 92° | 96° | — | — | 86–96° |
| 8d · 2026-09-04 | 88° | 91° | 87° | 93° | 97° | — | — | 87–97° |
| 7d · 2026-09-05 | 88° | 91° | 85° | 92° | 96° | — | — | 85–96° |
| 6d · 2026-09-06 | 85° | 90° | 88° | 92° | 94° | 89° | 85° | 85–94° |
| 5d · 2026-09-07 | 87° | 89° | 87° | 90° | 94° | 91° | 91° | 87–94° |
| 4d · 2026-09-08 | 88° | 92° | 87° | 88° | 96° | 91° | 91° | 87–96° |
| 3d · 2026-09-09 | 88° | 92° | 88° | 94° | 96° | 93° | 85° | 85–96° |
| 2d · 2026-09-10 | 88° | 92° | 88° | 92° | 96° | 93° | 90° | 88–96° |
| 1d · 2026-09-11 | 87° | 92° | 84° | 95° | 94° | 91° | 88° | 84–95° |
| actual | 91° |
What one day can show
A score for one day isn't very meaningful; a useful ranking needs many days of data. See which model has been most accurate in Tampa, or in every city The Spread scores.
Forecasts are what each model's archived runs said at the time they were recorded by The Spread; nothing is reconstructed after the fact. Truth is the TPA observations. The actual values are the ones in hand when this day was verified, usually 2 days after the date; a correction published after that is not carried into it. Archive depth varies by city; verified days exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.