Was the forecast right for Washington on Sun Oct 25?
Washington, District of Columbia · daily high temperature in °C · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the DCA observations
14 days out, 4 models put Washington's Sun Oct 25 high anywhere from 13° to 24°;by the final call, the day before, the field had settled to a median of 19°. The day verified at 19° against the DCA observations — fog.
ICON landed closest, off by 0.2°. UKMO ran 2° cool.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Sun Oct 25 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, labeled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-10-10 | — | 16° | — | — | 15° | — | — | 15–16° |
| 14d · 2026-10-11 | 24° | 15° | 17° | — | 13° | — | — | 13–24° |
| 13d · 2026-10-12 | — | 19° | 24° | — | 18° | — | — | 18–24° |
| 12d · 2026-10-13 | 26° | 29° | 18° | — | 18° | — | — | 18–29° |
| 11d · 2026-10-14 | 16° | 26° | 17° | — | 23° | — | — | 16–26° |
| 10d · 2026-10-15 | 16° | 19° | 17° | — | 18° | — | — | 16–19° |
| 9d · 2026-10-16 | 15° | 21° | 16° | 15° | 21° | — | — | 15–21° |
| 8d · 2026-10-17 | 19° | 14° | 18° | 16° | 19° | — | — | 14–19° |
| 7d · 2026-10-18 | 20° | 17° | 17° | 16° | 19° | — | — | 16–20° |
| 6d · 2026-10-19 | 19° | 18° | 18° | 19° | 19° | 18° | 16° | 16–19° |
| 5d · 2026-10-20 | 18° | 18° | 18° | 20° | 19° | 19° | 17° | 17–20° |
| 4d · 2026-10-21 | 18° | 18° | 18° | 18° | 19° | 18° | 16° | 16–19° |
| 3d · 2026-10-22 | 18° | 18° | 18° | 19° | 19° | 18° | 17° | 17–19° |
| 2d · 2026-10-23 | 18° | 18° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 19° | 17° | 17–20° |
| 1d · 2026-10-24 | 19° | 18° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 19° | 17° | 17–20° |
| actual | 19° |
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. 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.