Weather forecast accuracy details for Farmington, Iowa

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   64.52% 70.97% 93.55% 93.55% 80.65%
Foreca/Vaisala   62.37% 69.89% 92.47% 92.47% 79.30%
AccuWeather   63.33% 71.11% 87.78% 87.78% 77.50%
Weatherbit   63.04% 66.30% 89.13% 89.13% 76.90%
Microsoft   60.44% 68.13% 86.81% 87.91% 75.82%
AerisWeather   63.44% 54.84% 86.02% 86.02% 72.58%
NWS Digital Forecast   60.22% 65.59% 76.34% 76.34% 69.62%
Open-Meteo   55.91% 47.31% 84.95% 84.95% 68.28%
World Weather Online   50.54% 43.01% 81.72% 81.72% 64.25%
Pirate Weather   60.22% 24.73% 84.95% 84.95% 63.71%
OpenWeather   48.39% 29.03% 86.02% 86.02% 62.37%
Wetter   48.39% 44.09% 74.19% 74.19% 60.22%
Persistence   12.68% 12.50% 61.97% 61.97% 37.28%

Weather Forecast Accuracy Data Last Year (2023)

Provider High Temp Low Temp Icon Precip Text Precip Overall
The Weather Channel   77.23% 77.50% 87.00% 87.00% 82.18%
Microsoft   74.93% 74.74% 85.35% 85.35% 80.10%
Foreca/Vaisala   72.54% 73.09% 86.45% 86.45% 79.63%
AccuWeather   76.76% 72.38% 81.10% 80.44% 77.67%
AerisWeather   71.35% 72.45% 81.96% 81.87% 76.91%
NWS Digital Forecast   69.38% 72.19% 75.35% 75.35% 73.07%
Weatherbit   66.36% 66.73% 78.41% 78.31% 72.45%
Wetter   56.20% 57.12% 81.96% 80.68% 68.99%
Pirate Weather   54.97% 33.15% 84.30% 84.30% 64.18%
World Weather Online   44.38% 56.87% 76.44% 76.44% 63.53%
OpenWeather   45.64% 41.87% 80.49% 80.49% 62.13%
Persistence   27.99% 28.50% 57.76% 57.76% 43.00%

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