Edition 2026-09-16 The Ledger Archive API RSS Weather Trader
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TheForecast Post

A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Wednesday, 16 September 2026

MHL The Ledger MILEPOST 1072

Guidance has run 2.5°F warm at MHL for a month

The mean signed residual across 5,097 pairs is +2.51°F, against +0.00°F averaged over all 77 stations with enough samples to score. A bias is not an error the reader can ignore — it is one they can correct for.

Mean absolute error says how far the forecast lands from the observation; the signed mean says which side it lands on. At MHL over August 14–September 13, 2026, it lands +2.51°F from the report, across 5,097 pairs — the largest standing lean of any of the 77 stations currently carrying enough samples.

ASOS reports at :53 and the forecast is stamped on the hour, so a forecast is paired with the nearest observation within 30 minutes and otherwise left unscored.

The numbers in this piece, with what they are measured against
mean signed residual at MHL
Forecast Network verification ledger
2.51 °F normal 0.0 °F · 1 of 77
August 14–September 13, 2026
Milepost
1072 · laid 2026-09-13T10:25:11Z
Desk
ledger v1
Method
ASOS reports at :53 and the forecast is stamped on the hour, so a forecast is paired with the nearest observation within 30 minutes and otherwise left unscored.
Source
/home/maue/forecastpoints/data/verify/2026-08.ndjson
/home/maue/forecastpoints/data/verify/2026-09.ndjson
Digest
e40e51a3d6244c7e4bc14c063d26251ce03a7d173736523806af7f26e22c05cb
Machine
JSON