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A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Sunday, 18 October 2026

New York, New York Revisions MILEPOST 1420

New York's forecast for Wednesday has moved 7°F colder

60°F in the 20261016T00:00Z run, 53°F in the 20261017T18:00Z — the 3rd-largest revision of the 5 cities on the roster that moved at all. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 6°F.

Successive cycles do not merely refresh a forecast; they leave a trail. For Wednesday, October 21 at 15Z in New York, that trail runs from 59.8°F in the 20261016T00:00Z cycle to 52.6°F in the 20261017T18:00Z — a move of -7.3°F across 8 runs.

The change is larger than the run's own 10th-to-90th percentile spread — the guidance did not merely narrow, it moved off its previous position.

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 Wednesday at 15Z
api.weather.city /v1/history (nbm-qmd)
-7.3 °F normal 0.0 °F · 3 of 5
8 synoptic cycles
10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour
api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)
6.2 °F normal 7.3 °F
current run
Milepost
1420 · laid 2026-10-18T04:25:17Z
Model
nbm-qmd · cycle 20261017T18:00Z
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
4e2c0a6a062bd0d8d323d6a0cb15ba9c7430fe6fba98d064e274d1d0684a954e
Machine
JSON