Was the forecast right for Oklahoma City on Tue Aug 4?
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · daily high temperature · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against ERA5
14 days out, 4 models put Oklahoma City's Tue Aug 4 high anywhere from 94° to 108°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 103°. ERA5 says the day verified at 103° — cloudy.
GFS landed closest, off by 0.0°.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Tue Aug 4 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 Oklahoma City scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15d · 2026-07-20 | — | 83° | — | — | 105° | — | — | 83–105° |
| 14d · 2026-07-21 | 101° | 94° | 99° | — | 108° | — | — | 94–108° |
| 13d · 2026-07-22 | 101° | 96° | 97° | — | 118° | — | — | 96–118° |
| 12d · 2026-07-23 | 101° | 89° | 92° | — | 97° | — | — | 89–101° |
| 11d · 2026-07-24 | 92° | 90° | 93° | — | 113° | — | — | 90–113° |
| 10d · 2026-07-25 | 92° | 95° | 98° | — | 108° | — | — | 92–108° |
| 9d · 2026-07-26 | 95° | 94° | 102° | 99° | 103° | — | — | 94–103° |
| 8d · 2026-07-27 | 94° | 93° | 96° | 97° | 101° | — | — | 93–101° |
| 7d · 2026-07-28 | 96° | 97° | 99° | 100° | 106° | — | — | 96–106° |
| 6d · 2026-07-29 | 96° | 96° | 103° | 98° | 105° | 101° | 100° | 96–105° |
| 5d · 2026-07-30 | 98° | 98° | 105° | 102° | 104° | 103° | 108° | 98–108° |
| 4d · 2026-07-31 | 99° | 99° | 106° | 103° | 108° | 102° | 106° | 99–108° |
| 3d · 2026-08-01 | 99° | 100° | 105° | 100° | 112° | 104° | 104° | 99–112° |
| 2d · 2026-08-02 | 99° | 100° | 103° | 101° | 109° | 102° | 103° | 99–109° |
| 1d · 2026-08-03 | 101° | 102° | 104° | 101° | 102° | 103° | 104° | 101–104° |
| 0d · 2026-08-04 | 102° | 102° | 103° | 102° | 103° | 104° | 103° | 102–104° |
| actual | 103° |
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 Oklahoma City — 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.