Was the forecast right for Atlanta on Fri Aug 14?
Atlanta, Georgia · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the ECMWF IFS analysis
13 days out, 4 models put Atlanta's Fri Aug 14 high anywhere from 85° to 93°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 95°. The ECMWF IFS analysis says the day verified at 93° with 0.2 in of precipitation — thunderstorms.
GEM landed closest, off by 0.3°. GFS ran 4° hot.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Fri Aug 14 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 Atlanta scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-07-30 | — | 88° | — | — | 97° | — | — | 88–97° |
| 14d · 2026-07-31 | 86° | 94° | — | — | 92° | — | — | 86–94° |
| 13d · 2026-08-01 | 85° | 91° | 93° | — | 92° | — | — | 85–93° |
| 12d · 2026-08-02 | 87° | 90° | 89° | — | 97° | — | — | 87–97° |
| 11d · 2026-08-03 | 87° | 86° | 90° | — | 95° | — | — | 86–95° |
| 10d · 2026-08-04 | 84° | 87° | 82° | — | 91° | — | — | 82–91° |
| 9d · 2026-08-05 | 86° | 86° | 93° | — | 86° | — | — | 86–93° |
| 8d · 2026-08-06 | 90° | 90° | 86° | 86° | 98° | — | — | 86–98° |
| 7d · 2026-08-07 | 91° | 90° | 87° | 90° | 90° | — | — | 87–91° |
| 6d · 2026-08-08 | 91° | 92° | 92° | 92° | 81° | 94° | — | 81–94° |
| 5d · 2026-08-09 | 91° | 94° | 90° | 94° | 99° | 96° | 95° | 90–99° |
| 4d · 2026-08-10 | 92° | 94° | 94° | 94° | 99° | 97° | 96° | 92–99° |
| 3d · 2026-08-11 | 92° | 95° | 97° | 94° | 101° | 99° | 99° | 92–101° |
| 2d · 2026-08-12 | 93° | 95° | 95° | 92° | 100° | 100° | 97° | 92–100° |
| 1d · 2026-08-13 | 92° | 94° | 96° | 92° | 97° | 98° | 97° | 92–98° |
| 0d · 2026-08-14 | 90° | 96° | 95° | 92° | 96° | 95° | 93° | 90–96° |
| actual | 93° |
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 Atlanta — 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 ECMWF IFS analysis (temperature_2m_max). Archive depth varies by city; receipts exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.