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A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Friday, 18 September 2026

New York, New York Revisions MILEPOST 1126

New York's forecast for Thursday has moved 13°F colder

74°F in the 20260916T00:00Z run, 61°F in the 20260917T18:00Z — the largest revision of any city on the roster. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 14°F.

Successive cycles do not merely refresh a forecast; they leave a trail. For Thursday, September 24 at 18Z in New York, that trail runs from 73.6°F in the 20260916T00:00Z cycle to 60.6°F in the 20260917T18:00Z — a move of -13.1°F across 8 runs.

The change is about half the run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread, so the earlier forecast is still inside the current range of outcomes.

Model NBM-QMD, via api.weather.city /v1/history. Percentiles are the same run's own.

The numbers in this piece, with what they are measured against
forecast revision for Thursday at 18Z
api.weather.city /v1/history (nbm-qmd)
-13.1 °F normal 0.0 °F · 1 of 10
8 synoptic cycles
10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour
api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)
14.5 °F normal 13.1 °F
current run
Milepost
1126 · laid 2026-09-18T04:25:21Z
Model
nbm-qmd · cycle 20260917T18:00Z
Desk
revision v1
Method
the same valid time read from successive synoptic cycles; the move is last run minus first run
Source
https://api.weather.city/v1/history
Digest
9234832cc60f09a4ab71c50958dd0487602fb3eb983a1f0d437a2e56a8c535e5
Machine
JSON