Was the forecast right for Oklahoma City on Wed Aug 12?
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · daily high temperature in °F · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against ERA5
14 days out, 4 models put Oklahoma City's Wed Aug 12 high anywhere from 81° to 110°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 103°. ERA5 says the day verified at 101° — cloudy.
GEM landed closest, off by 0.3°. ICON ran 3° hot.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Wed Aug 12 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 · 2026-07-28 | — | 105° | — | — | 110° | — | — | 105–110° |
| 14d · 2026-07-29 | 81° | 96° | 104° | — | 110° | — | — | 81–110° |
| 13d · 2026-07-30 | 102° | 95° | 103° | — | 98° | — | — | 95–103° |
| 12d · 2026-07-31 | 106° | 102° | 108° | — | 105° | — | — | 102–108° |
| 11d · 2026-08-01 | 101° | 101° | 103° | — | 107° | — | — | 101–107° |
| 10d · 2026-08-02 | 99° | 98° | 102° | — | 106° | — | — | 98–106° |
| 9d · 2026-08-03 | 91° | 100° | 102° | 103° | 104° | — | — | 91–104° |
| 8d · 2026-08-04 | 95° | 100° | 101° | 104° | 108° | — | — | 95–108° |
| 7d · 2026-08-05 | 103° | 104° | 102° | 103° | 108° | — | — | 102–108° |
| 6d · 2026-08-06 | 103° | 104° | 103° | 104° | 106° | 106° | 101° | 101–106° |
| 5d · 2026-08-07 | 103° | 103° | 104° | 103° | 107° | 107° | 104° | 103–107° |
| 4d · 2026-08-08 | 103° | 103° | 104° | 96° | 109° | 105° | 103° | 96–109° |
| 3d · 2026-08-09 | 104° | 102° | 102° | 101° | 108° | 104° | 103° | 101–108° |
| 2d · 2026-08-10 | 104° | 103° | 102° | 100° | 108° | 103° | 101° | 100–108° |
| 1d · 2026-08-11 | 103° | 103° | 102° | 101° | 100° | 103° | 103° | 100–103° |
| 0d · 2026-08-12 | 102° | 103° | 102° | 101° | 103° | 103° | 103° | 101–103° |
| actual | 101° |
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.