Was the forecast right for Orlando on Fri Jul 24?
Orlando, Florida · daily high temperature · forecasts from each model's archived runs, verified against ERA5
7 days out, 5 models put Orlando's Fri Jul 24 high anywhere from 85° to 96°; by the final call the field had settled to a median of 94°. ERA5 says the day verified at 91° with 0.09 in of precipitation — drizzle.
ECMWF landed closest, off by 1.0°. GFS ran 6° hot.
What every model said, at every lead
Daily-high calls for Fri Jul 24 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 Orlando scoreboard shows them, labelled.
| Lead | AIFS | AIGFS | ECMWF | GEM | GFS | ICON | UKMO | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7d · 2026-07-17 | 91° | 91° | 92° | 96° | 85° | — | — | 85–96° |
| 6d · 2026-07-18 | 92° | 92° | 90° | 95° | 95° | 96° | — | 90–96° |
| 5d · 2026-07-19 | 93° | 93° | 93° | 95° | 98° | 96° | 97° | 93–98° |
| 4d · 2026-07-20 | 92° | 93° | 92° | 93° | 98° | 96° | 98° | 92–98° |
| 3d · 2026-07-21 | 92° | 93° | 94° | 97° | 98° | 95° | 97° | 92–98° |
| 2d · 2026-07-22 | 92° | 94° | 91° | 96° | 97° | 93° | 94° | 91–97° |
| 1d · 2026-07-23 | 92° | 94° | 92° | 96° | 95° | 94° | 97° | 92–97° |
| 0d · 2026-07-24 | 90° | 94° | 90° | 96° | 97° | 94° | 94° | 90–97° |
| 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 Orlando — 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.