Was the forecast right for Washington on Sun Sep 13?
Washington, District of Columbia · daily high temperature in °C · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the DCA observations
13 days out, 4 models put Washington's Sun Sep 13 high anywhere from 24° to 34°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 30°. The day verified at 32° against the DCA observations, with 0.5 mm of precipitation — thunderstorms.
GFS landed closest, off by 0.6°. GEM ran 2° cold.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Sun Sep 13 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 Washington scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-08-29 | — | 30° | — | — | 29° | — | — | 29–30° |
| 14d · 2026-08-30 | 28° | 24° | — | — | 23° | — | — | 23–28° |
| 13d · 2026-08-31 | 34° | 27° | 24° | — | 25° | — | — | 24–34° |
| 12d · 2026-09-01 | 34° | 30° | 39° | — | 33° | — | — | 30–39° |
| 11d · 2026-09-02 | 36° | 34° | 28° | — | 31° | — | — | 28–36° |
| 10d · 2026-09-03 | 26° | 30° | 19° | — | 31° | — | — | 19–31° |
| 9d · 2026-09-04 | 29° | 25° | 30° | — | 20° | — | — | 20–30° |
| 8d · 2026-09-05 | 32° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 32° | — | — | 29–32° |
| 7d · 2026-09-06 | 32° | 31° | 32° | 28° | 30° | — | — | 28–32° |
| 6d · 2026-09-07 | 29° | 31° | 31° | 29° | 27° | 31° | — | 27–31° |
| 5d · 2026-09-08 | 29° | 30° | 32° | 28° | 30° | 31° | 29° | 28–32° |
| 4d · 2026-09-09 | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 29° | 32° | 28–32° |
| 3d · 2026-09-10 | 31° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 32° | 31° | 29° | 29–32° |
| 2d · 2026-09-11 | 31° | 30° | 29° | 27° | 32° | 31° | 32° | 27–32° |
| 1d · 2026-09-12 | 30° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 32° | 28° | 31° | 28–32° |
| 0d · 2026-09-13 | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 29–31° |
| actual | 32° |
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 Washington — 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 DCA observations. Archive depth varies by city; receipts exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.