Was the forecast right for Denver on Fri Aug 14?
Denver, Colorado · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the ECMWF IFS analysis
13 days out, 4 models put Denver's Fri Aug 14 high anywhere from 72° to 95°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 84°. The ECMWF IFS analysis says the day verified at 86° with 0.06 in of precipitation — drizzle.
ICON landed closest, off by 0.3°. GEM ran 9° cold.
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 Denver scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-07-30 | — | 84° | — | — | 97° | — | — | 84–97° |
| 14d · 2026-07-31 | 74° | 80° | — | — | 84° | — | — | 74–84° |
| 13d · 2026-08-01 | 80° | 72° | 88° | — | 95° | — | — | 72–95° |
| 12d · 2026-08-02 | 82° | 81° | 88° | — | 96° | — | — | 81–96° |
| 11d · 2026-08-03 | 79° | 88° | 71° | — | 100° | — | — | 71–100° |
| 10d · 2026-08-04 | 79° | 80° | 100° | — | 96° | — | — | 79–100° |
| 9d · 2026-08-05 | 77° | 80° | 74° | — | 92° | — | — | 74–92° |
| 8d · 2026-08-06 | 65° | 80° | 79° | 75° | 89° | — | — | 65–89° |
| 7d · 2026-08-07 | 58° | 79° | 78° | 79° | 82° | — | — | 58–82° |
| 6d · 2026-08-08 | 79° | 76° | 75° | 86° | 88° | 84° | — | 75–88° |
| 5d · 2026-08-09 | 81° | 80° | 84° | 76° | 82° | 83° | 77° | 76–84° |
| 4d · 2026-08-10 | 78° | 82° | 80° | 80° | 89° | 88° | 87° | 78–89° |
| 3d · 2026-08-11 | 80° | 82° | 82° | 77° | 92° | 89° | 83° | 77–92° |
| 2d · 2026-08-12 | 82° | 83° | 82° | 82° | 92° | 84° | 83° | 82–92° |
| 1d · 2026-08-13 | 80° | 81° | 76° | 77° | 89° | 87° | 83° | 76–89° |
| 0d · 2026-08-14 | 82° | 81° | 84° | 77° | 90° | 86° | 86° | 77–90° |
| actual | 86° |
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 Denver — 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.