Weather forecast accuracy details for San Diego, California

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 (April)

Provider High Temp Low Temp Icon Precip Text Precip Overall
AccuWeather   93.33% 94.38% 85.56% 84.44% 89.43%
The Weather Channel   90.00% 91.01% 86.67% 86.67% 88.59%
Microsoft   87.50% 97.67% 81.82% 81.82% 87.20%
AerisWeather   93.33% 87.64% 82.22% 82.22% 86.35%
Foreca/Vaisala   92.22% 86.52% 82.22% 82.22% 85.80%
NWS Digital Forecast   90.00% 62.92% 86.67% 86.67% 81.56%
Pirate Weather   84.44% 59.55% 86.67% 88.89% 79.89%
Weatherbit   90.00% 52.81% 86.67% 86.67% 79.04%
Open-Meteo   70.00% 62.92% 85.56% 85.56% 76.01%
Persistence   85.00% 66.10% 70.00% 70.00% 72.78%
Wetter.com   57.78% 56.18% 85.56% 85.56% 71.27%
OpenWeather   41.11% 60.67% 90.00% 90.00% 70.45%
World Weather Online   50.00% 56.18% 85.56% 85.56% 69.32%

Weather Forecast Accuracy Data Last Year (2024)

Provider High Temp Low Temp Icon Precip Text Precip Overall
Microsoft   92.23% 89.16% 96.34% 95.79% 93.38%
The Weather Channel   92.04% 88.58% 95.80% 95.80% 93.05%
AccuWeather   89.65% 90.21% 94.89% 94.98% 92.43%
Foreca/Vaisala   90.07% 86.52% 95.14% 95.14% 91.72%
AerisWeather   90.26% 84.27% 94.21% 94.21% 90.74%
Weatherbit   87.94% 73.80% 92.01% 92.01% 86.44%
NWS Digital Forecast   83.55% 73.97% 90.85% 90.85% 84.80%
Pirate Weather   74.91% 62.17% 95.33% 95.33% 81.94%
OpenWeather   73.88% 60.58% 91.97% 91.97% 79.60%
World Weather Online   75.19% 67.04% 87.30% 87.30% 79.21%
Open-Meteo   80.34% 54.12% 90.57% 90.57% 78.90%
Wetter.com   64.42% 60.21% 91.78% 91.88% 77.07%
Persistence   72.84% 64.29% 82.17% 82.17% 75.37%

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