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O’Hare: a recorded temperature and a forecast are different records

KORD reports 26 °C at 2026-10-11T20:20:00.000Z. The NWS point forecast gives a daytime high of 78 °F for 2026-10-11T20:00:00.000Z to 2026-10-11T23:00:00.000Z, issued 2026-10-11T19:21:08.000Z. [1] [2]

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Chicago O’Hare example: point 41.9742, -87.9073 and KORD station. Separate location coverage and time windows; no accuracy test or operational safety guidance.

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Still open: This is not a matched forecast verification, an alert service or evidence of forecast accuracy. All open questions ↓

Reporting question · As of

The question: What is observed at KORD, and what does the current NWS point forecast predict?

Chicago O’Hare example: point 41.9742, -87.9073 and KORD station. Separate location coverage and time windows; no accuracy test or operational safety guidance.

Recorded at the station

KORD reports 26 °C at 2026-10-11T20:20:00.000Z.

[1]

Predicted for a period

The NWS point forecast gives a daytime high of 78 °F for 2026-10-11T20:00:00.000Z to 2026-10-11T23:00:00.000Z, issued 2026-10-11T19:21:08.000Z.

[2]

This is not a matched forecast verification, an alert service or evidence of forecast accuracy.

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Component	Meaning	Evidence
Recorded at the station	KORD reports 26 °C at 2026-10-11T20:20:00.000Z.	[1]
Predicted for a period	The NWS point forecast gives a daytime high of 78 °F for 2026-10-11T20:00:00.000Z to 2026-10-11T23:00:00.000Z, issued 2026-10-11T19:21:08.000Z.	[2]

Observation and forecast on separate tracks. The forecast is a period high or low, not the station value at the observation time.

Understand the story.

KORD reports 26 °C at 2026-10-11T20:20:00.000Z. [1]

The NWS point forecast gives a daytime high of 78 °F for 2026-10-11T20:00:00.000Z to 2026-10-11T23:00:00.000Z, issued 2026-10-11T19:21:08.000Z. [2]

How we know2 scoped claims · 2 source recordsView evidence

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1.Claim 1Attributed

KORD reports 26 °C at 2026-10-11T20:20:00.000Z.

Scope: Chicago O’Hare example: point 41.9742, -87.9073 and KORD station. Separate location coverage and time windows; no accuracy test or operational safety guidance.
Evidence passage: properties.station=KORD; timestamp=2026-10-11T20:20:00.000Z; temperature.value=26; temperature.unitCode=wmoUnit:degC
As of: 2026-10-11T20:32:01.127Z
Limit: This is not a matched forecast verification, an alert service or evidence of forecast accuracy.

NWS original observation record ↗

Retrieved 2026-10-11T20:32:01.127Z · National Weather Service

This is not a matched forecast verification, an alert service or evidence of forecast accuracy.

2.Claim 2Attributed

The NWS point forecast gives a daytime high of 78 °F for 2026-10-11T20:00:00.000Z to 2026-10-11T23:00:00.000Z, issued 2026-10-11T19:21:08.000Z.

Scope: Chicago O’Hare example: point 41.9742, -87.9073 and KORD station. Separate location coverage and time windows; no accuracy test or operational safety guidance.
Evidence passage: properties.updateTime=2026-10-11T19:21:08.000Z; selected period startTime=2026-10-11T20:00:00.000Z; endTime=2026-10-11T23:00:00.000Z; temperature=78; temperatureUnit=F; isDaytime identifies high/low
As of: 2026-10-11T20:32:01.127Z
Limit: This is not a matched forecast verification, an alert service or evidence of forecast accuracy.

NWS original forecast record ↗

Retrieved 2026-10-11T20:32:01.127Z · National Weather Service

This is not a matched forecast verification, an alert service or evidence of forecast accuracy.

What remains open.

This is not a matched forecast verification, an alert service or evidence of forecast accuracy.
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Reported development: Not recorded
Evidence as of: Oct 11, 2026, 3:32 PM
First retained publication: Oct 11, 2026, 7:00 AM
This version published: Oct 11, 2026, 4:00 PM

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