Was the forecast right for Minneapolis on Sun Aug 16?
Minneapolis, Minnesota · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against the ECMWF IFS analysis
13 days out, 4 models put Minneapolis's Sun Aug 16 high anywhere from 70° to 90°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 80°. The ECMWF IFS analysis says the day verified at 80° — cloudy.
ECMWF landed closest, off by 0.2°. AIGFS ran 3° cold.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Sun Aug 16 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 Minneapolis scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-08-01 | — | 79° | — | — | 90° | — | — | 79–90° |
| 14d · 2026-08-02 | 82° | 85° | — | — | 73° | — | — | 73–85° |
| 13d · 2026-08-03 | 78° | 80° | 70° | — | 90° | — | — | 70–90° |
| 12d · 2026-08-04 | 71° | 74° | 80° | — | 79° | — | — | 71–80° |
| 11d · 2026-08-05 | 75° | 70° | 73° | — | 84° | — | — | 70–84° |
| 10d · 2026-08-06 | 78° | 64° | 82° | — | 76° | — | — | 64–82° |
| 9d · 2026-08-07 | 78° | 71° | 77° | — | 83° | — | — | 71–83° |
| 8d · 2026-08-08 | 78° | 81° | 82° | 72° | 71° | — | — | 71–82° |
| 7d · 2026-08-09 | 79° | 68° | 84° | 71° | 82° | — | — | 68–84° |
| 6d · 2026-08-10 | 76° | 71° | 74° | 78° | 82° | 86° | — | 71–86° |
| 5d · 2026-08-11 | 78° | 75° | 81° | 79° | 81° | 78° | 84° | 75–84° |
| 4d · 2026-08-12 | 79° | 78° | 85° | 79° | 87° | 81° | 81° | 78–87° |
| 3d · 2026-08-13 | 77° | 79° | 85° | 79° | 85° | 81° | 83° | 77–85° |
| 2d · 2026-08-14 | 76° | 78° | 83° | 80° | 87° | 81° | 82° | 76–87° |
| 1d · 2026-08-15 | 79° | 76° | 82° | 79° | 80° | 79° | 82° | 76–82° |
| 0d · 2026-08-16 | 80° | 77° | 80° | 82° | 82° | 78° | 81° | 77–82° |
| actual | 80° |
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 Minneapolis — 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.