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Milepost
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TheForecast Post

A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Sunday, 8 November 2026

MVH The Ledger MILEPOST 1610

The month's worst miss: NDFD was 41.9°F too cool at MVH

A day-4 forecast of 37.0°F for October 10 at 00Z; the station reported 78.8°F. It is the largest temperature residual in the ledger over the last 30 days.

The forecast was issued in the 20261006T06:00Z cycle, 90 hours before valid time, and called for 37.0°F. The observation was 78.8°F — a residual of -41.9°F.

264 of the 13,438 residuals above 12°F in this window are at the same station, which is a pattern worth reading as one.

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. No rows in this window were excluded as data defects.

The numbers in this piece, with what they are measured against
forecast, day 4
Forecast Network verification ledger
37 °F normal 78.8 °F
October 9–November 8, 2026
residual
Forecast Network verification ledger
-41.9 °F normal 0.0 °F · 1 of 13,438
October 9–November 8, 2026
Milepost
1610 · laid 2026-11-08T18:25:28Z
Model
ndfd · cycle 20261006T06:00Z
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/2026-10.ndjson
/home/maue/forecastpoints/data/verify/2026-11.ndjson
Digest
0338df07540774932d333ff4ae9025b98f08fb2efeed30080e2a6fc85e98ec93
Machine
JSON