Weather forecast accuracy details for Newark, New Jersey

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 (March)

Provider High Temp Low Temp Icon Precip Text Precip Overall
The Weather Channel   68.82% 90.32% 92.47% 92.47% 86.02%
Microsoft   75.28% 87.64% 88.76% 91.01% 85.67%
AccuWeather   76.67% 82.22% 92.22% 81.11% 83.06%
Weatherbit   65.91% 95.45% 84.09% 84.09% 82.39%
Foreca/Vaisala   73.12% 80.65% 86.02% 86.02% 81.45%
AerisWeather   62.37% 80.65% 86.02% 86.02% 78.76%
NWS Digital Forecast   65.59% 82.80% 75.27% 75.27% 74.73%
World Weather Online   43.01% 72.04% 88.17% 88.17% 72.85%
Open-Meteo   50.54% 58.06% 82.80% 82.80% 68.55%
OpenWeather   46.24% 46.24% 88.17% 88.17% 67.20%
Pirate Weather   43.01% 48.39% 88.17% 88.17% 66.94%
Wetter   34.41% 63.44% 78.49% 78.49% 63.71%
Persistence   23.94% 30.56% 46.48% 46.48% 36.86%

Weather Forecast Accuracy Data Last Year (2023)

Provider High Temp Low Temp Icon Precip Text Precip Overall
The Weather Channel   82.56% 85.39% 87.12% 87.12% 85.55%
Microsoft   80.90% 81.99% 85.42% 85.42% 83.44%
Foreca/Vaisala   80.46% 79.00% 85.84% 85.84% 82.79%
AerisWeather   75.34% 79.09% 82.65% 82.65% 79.93%
AccuWeather   81.23% 79.64% 80.00% 77.82% 79.67%
Weatherbit   71.77% 77.03% 83.16% 83.25% 78.80%
NWS Digital Forecast   75.39% 69.75% 75.49% 75.49% 74.03%
OpenWeather   60.37% 57.81% 83.74% 83.74% 71.42%
World Weather Online   62.37% 59.12% 78.89% 78.89% 69.82%
Pirate Weather   55.74% 43.99% 85.40% 85.40% 67.63%
Wetter   50.23% 64.02% 79.73% 76.26% 67.56%
Persistence   33.33% 35.37% 52.11% 52.11% 43.23%

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