Was the forecast right for Los Angeles on Sun Aug 30?
Los Angeles, California · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the FHMC1 observations
7 days out, 5 models put Los Angeles's Sun Aug 30 high anywhere from 82° to 96°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 91°. The day verified at 91° against the FHMC1 observations — cloudy.
GFS landed closest, off by 0.4°. AIGFS ran 8° cold.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Sun Aug 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7d · 2026-08-23 | 87° | 82° | 96° | 89° | 96° | — | — | 82–96° |
| 6d · 2026-08-24 | 86° | 80° | 88° | 87° | 89° | 91° | — | 80–91° |
| 5d · 2026-08-25 | 86° | 84° | 93° | 86° | 92° | 96° | 87° | 84–96° |
| 4d · 2026-08-26 | 86° | 80° | 91° | 87° | 89° | 93° | 87° | 80–93° |
| 3d · 2026-08-27 | 86° | 81° | 92° | 88° | 91° | 90° | 88° | 81–92° |
| 2d · 2026-08-28 | 86° | 82° | 91° | 92° | 90° | 91° | 88° | 82–92° |
| 1d · 2026-08-29 | 87° | 83° | 92° | 94° | 90° | 91° | 89° | 83–94° |
| 0d · 2026-08-30 | 86° | 82° | 92° | 93° | 91° | 92° | 90° | 82–93° |
| actual | 91° |
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 the FHMC1 observations. Archive depth varies by city; receipts exist only for dates the archive watched arrive.