How accurate is the weather forecast in your city?
Niko Kommenda and I learned that NWS just began doing gridded assessments of forecast accuracy. We got the data and mapped of how many days into the future they get within 3°F of the observed high temp.
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We made a tool that lets you look up the accuracy of the temperature forecast in your town.
Interestingly, forecast accuracy varies depending on whether it's hot or cold outside, so we included a comparison of warm vs. cool months.
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Weather forecasts have gotten a lot better. Today's 7-day high temperature forecast is as accurate as the 3-day forecasts of the 90s.
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