Was the forecast right for Los Angeles on Thu Aug 13?
Los Angeles, California · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against ERA5
13 days out, 4 models put Los Angeles's Thu Aug 13 high anywhere from 75° to 86°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 82°. ERA5 says the day verified at 86° — cloudy.
GFS landed closest, off by 2.0°. AIGFS ran 10° cold.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Thu Aug 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 Los Angeles scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-07-29 | — | 80° | — | — | 86° | — | — | 80–86° |
| 14d · 2026-07-30 | 79° | 77° | — | — | 86° | — | — | 77–86° |
| 13d · 2026-07-31 | 80° | 75° | 83° | — | 86° | — | — | 75–86° |
| 12d · 2026-08-01 | 79° | 75° | 82° | — | 92° | — | — | 75–92° |
| 11d · 2026-08-02 | 81° | 77° | 80° | — | 87° | — | — | 77–87° |
| 10d · 2026-08-03 | 81° | 77° | 78° | — | 86° | — | — | 77–86° |
| 9d · 2026-08-04 | 81° | 76° | 84° | — | 90° | — | — | 76–90° |
| 8d · 2026-08-05 | 79° | 77° | 82° | 86° | 87° | — | — | 77–87° |
| 7d · 2026-08-06 | 80° | 76° | 82° | 84° | 86° | — | — | 76–86° |
| 6d · 2026-08-07 | 80° | 77° | 83° | 85° | 86° | 82° | — | 77–86° |
| 5d · 2026-08-08 | 78° | 77° | 84° | 85° | 84° | 82° | 82° | 77–85° |
| 4d · 2026-08-09 | 80° | 77° | 85° | 85° | 83° | 80° | 81° | 77–85° |
| 3d · 2026-08-10 | 80° | 77° | 84° | 83° | 83° | 81° | 83° | 77–84° |
| 2d · 2026-08-11 | 79° | 77° | 82° | 83° | 81° | 80° | 81° | 77–83° |
| 1d · 2026-08-12 | 79° | 77° | 84° | 83° | 79° | 81° | 82° | 77–84° |
| 0d · 2026-08-13 | 79° | 75° | 82° | 83° | 84° | 81° | 82° | 75–84° |
| 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 Los Angeles — 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 ERA5 reanalysis (temperature_2m_max). Archive depth varies by city; receipts exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.