Was the forecast right for Washington on Sat Sep 12?
Washington, District of Columbia · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the DCA observations
14 days out, 4 models put Washington's Sat Sep 12 high anywhere from 73° to 97°; by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 85°. The day verified at 81° against the DCA observations.
AIGFS landed closest, off by 0.9°. ICON ran 5° warm.
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 | — | 74° | — | — | 82° | — | — | 74–82° |
| 14d · 2026-08-29 | 85° | 87° | 97° | — | 73° | — | — | 73–97° |
| 13d · 2026-08-30 | 86° | 80° | 88° | — | 78° | — | — | 78–88° |
| 12d · 2026-08-31 | 91° | 90° | 97° | — | 79° | — | — | 79–97° |
| 11d · 2026-09-01 | 83° | 84° | 84° | — | 76° | — | — | 76–84° |
| 10d · 2026-09-02 | 82° | 83° | 69° | — | 93° | — | — | 69–93° |
| 9d · 2026-09-03 | 70° | 86° | 78° | 76° | 77° | — | — | 70–86° |
| 8d · 2026-09-04 | 84° | 87° | 89° | 81° | 80° | — | — | 80–89° |
| 7d · 2026-09-05 | 82° | 84° | 86° | 84° | 92° | — | — | 82–92° |
| 6d · 2026-09-06 | 79° | 83° | 88° | 80° | 86° | 82° | 82° | 79–88° |
| 5d · 2026-09-07 | 78° | 80° | 85° | 77° | 76° | 83° | 84° | 76–85° |
| 4d · 2026-09-08 | 78° | 79° | 82° | 73° | 86° | 79° | 83° | 73–86° |
| 3d · 2026-09-09 | 80° | 81° | 84° | 80° | 82° | 81° | 85° | 80–85° |
| 2d · 2026-09-10 | 79° | 81° | 81° | 78° | 84° | 83° | 86° | 78–86° |
| 1d · 2026-09-11 | 80° | 82° | 80° | 85° | 86° | 86° | 86° | 80–86° |
| actual | 81° |
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 Washington, 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 DCA 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.