Weather forecast accuracy details for Rifle, Colorado

These are the one- to three-day out accuracy percentages for high temperature, low temperature, icon forecast precipitation (both rain and snow), and text forecast precipitation (both rain and snow). Temperature accuracy is the percentage of forecasts within three degrees. Precipitation accuracy is the percentage of correct forecasts. The forecasts are collected in the evening.

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Weather Forecast Accuracy Data Last Month (February)

Provider High Temp Low Temp Icon Precip Text Precip Overall
Microsoft   83.75% 80.00% 77.50% 85.00% 81.56%
The Weather Channel   80.46% 62.07% 87.36% 87.36% 79.31%
Weatherbit   79.31% 67.82% 82.76% 82.76% 78.16%
AccuWeather   77.78% 69.01% 76.39% 73.61% 74.20%
NWS Digital Forecast   80.46% 64.37% 72.41% 72.41% 72.41%
Foreca/Vaisala   80.46% 51.72% 77.01% 77.01% 71.55%
AerisWeather   71.26% 60.92% 73.56% 73.56% 69.83%
Open-Meteo   72.41% 26.44% 77.01% 77.01% 63.22%
Wetter   55.17% 34.48% 80.46% 74.71% 61.21%
OpenWeather   52.87% 32.18% 78.16% 78.16% 60.34%
Pirate Weather   35.63% 24.14% 80.46% 80.46% 55.17%
World Weather Online   5.75% 35.63% 67.82% 67.82% 44.25%
Persistence   16.13% 27.42% 50.00% 50.00% 35.89%

Weather Forecast Accuracy Data Last Year (2023)

Provider High Temp Low Temp Icon Precip Text Precip Overall
The Weather Channel   80.04% 72.53% 90.02% 90.02% 83.15%
Microsoft   80.98% 75.08% 85.59% 85.59% 81.81%
AerisWeather   78.48% 65.75% 83.97% 84.07% 78.07%
Foreca/Vaisala   73.63% 70.42% 82.51% 82.51% 77.27%
AccuWeather   80.61% 71.51% 78.52% 77.76% 77.10%
Weatherbit   72.08% 62.99% 81.36% 81.36% 74.45%
NWS Digital Forecast   75.65% 65.99% 77.40% 77.40% 74.11%
Wetter   53.41% 44.82% 83.85% 82.17% 66.06%
OpenWeather   65.20% 45.05% 73.72% 73.72% 64.42%
Pirate Weather   36.73% 32.23% 84.57% 84.57% 59.53%
World Weather Online   32.76% 31.99% 74.23% 74.23% 53.30%
Persistence   39.88% 32.81% 63.78% 63.78% 50.06%

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