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Was the forecast right for Tampa on Tue Oct 27?

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 Tue Oct 27 high anywhere from 84° to 89°; by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 84°. The day verified at 84° against the TPA observations.

UKMO landed closest, off by 0.2°.

14 days out the models said 84–89; it hit 84. UKMO led (off 0.2°F).
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What every model said, at every lead

Forecast highs for Tue Oct 27 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 AIFSAIGFSECMWFGEMGFSICONUKMO Range
15d · 2026-10-12 — 82° — — 75° — — 75–82°
14d · 2026-10-13 84° 84° 89° — 85° — — 84–89°
13d · 2026-10-14 80° 86° 82° — 88° — — 80–88°
12d · 2026-10-15 82° 78° 80° — 86° — — 78–86°
11d · 2026-10-16 81° 84° 84° — 85° — — 81–85°
10d · 2026-10-17 79° 78° 82° — 86° — — 78–86°
9d · 2026-10-18 80° 84° 82° 78° 90° — — 78–90°
8d · 2026-10-19 80° 84° 84° 79° 88° — — 79–88°
7d · 2026-10-20 80° 81° 85° 77° 85° — — 77–85°
6d · 2026-10-21 80° 84° 83° 82° 86° 84° 83° 80–86°
5d · 2026-10-22 81° 84° 84° 79° 84° 83° 79° 79–84°
4d · 2026-10-23 82° 85° 84° 84° 84° 84° 84° 82–85°
3d · 2026-10-24 83° 85° 84° 86° 85° 84° 83° 83–86°
2d · 2026-10-25 83° 85° 84° 85° 81° 83° 83° 81–85°
1d · 2026-10-26 83° 85° 83° 85° 85° 83° 84° 83–85°
actual 84°

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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.