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A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Thursday, 8 October 2026

Phoenix, Arizona Revisions MILEPOST 1323

Phoenix's forecast for Sunday has moved 9°F colder

93°F in the 20261006T00:00Z run, 84°F in the 20261007T18:00Z — the 3rd-largest revision of the 10 cities on the roster that moved at all. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 16°F.

Successive cycles do not merely refresh a forecast; they leave a trail. For Sunday, October 11 at 00Z in Phoenix, that trail runs from 92.8°F in the 20261006T00:00Z cycle to 83.9°F in the 20261007T18:00Z — a move of -8.9°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 Sunday at 00Z
api.weather.city /v1/history (nbm-qmd)
-8.9 °F normal 0.0 °F · 3 of 10
8 synoptic cycles
10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour
api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)
16 °F normal 8.9 °F
current run
Milepost
1323 · laid 2026-10-08T04:25:12Z
Model
nbm-qmd · cycle 20261007T18:00Z
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
fb27195d2a88a7adf0f131be41e2d1c23effc2eabe461fa10b3f53a4b03e8488
Machine
JSON