Edition 2026-10-21 The Ledger Archive API RSS Weather Trader
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TheForecast Post

A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Wednesday, 21 October 2026

NBG The Ledger MILEPOST 1457

Guidance has run 3.6°F warm at NBG for a month

The mean signed residual across 7,821 pairs is +3.60°F, against +0.15°F averaged over all 83 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 NBG over September 21–October 21, 2026, it lands +3.60°F from the report, across 7,821 pairs — the largest standing lean of any of the 83 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 NBG
Forecast Network verification ledger
3.6 °F normal 0.1 °F · 1 of 83
September 21–October 21, 2026
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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/2026-09.ndjson
/home/maue/forecastpoints/data/verify/2026-10.ndjson
Digest
17db1d3865a075f39df3853850ace06ac4be9a1df209c213953f0560612ef1e0
Machine
JSON