Weather forecast accuracy details for New York, New York

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
AccuWeather   90.14% 88.57% 85.92% 88.73% 88.34%
The Weather Channel   93.10% 88.51% 83.91% 83.91% 87.36%
Microsoft   89.16% 83.13% 86.75% 87.95% 86.75%
Foreca/Vaisala   91.95% 82.76% 85.06% 85.06% 86.21%
AerisWeather   85.06% 80.46% 87.36% 87.36% 85.06%
World Weather Online   78.16% 81.61% 88.51% 88.51% 84.20%
Weatherbit   87.21% 68.60% 87.21% 88.37% 82.85%
NWS Digital Forecast   79.01% 75.31% 83.95% 83.95% 80.56%
Open-Meteo   75.86% 62.07% 85.06% 85.06% 77.01%
OpenWeather   79.31% 58.62% 83.91% 83.91% 76.44%
Wetter   54.02% 60.92% 85.06% 80.46% 70.11%
Pirate Weather   71.26% 39.08% 82.76% 82.76% 68.97%
Persistence   47.54% 42.86% 52.46% 52.46% 48.83%

Weather Forecast Accuracy Data Last Year (2023)

Provider High Temp Low Temp Icon Precip Text Precip Overall
The Weather Channel   84.93% 81.74% 86.76% 86.76% 85.05%
Microsoft   84.24% 81.33% 85.82% 85.82% 84.30%
Foreca/Vaisala   80.73% 77.72% 84.75% 84.75% 81.99%
AerisWeather   80.27% 79.00% 83.65% 83.65% 81.64%
AccuWeather   81.61% 86.93% 79.81% 77.91% 81.57%
Weatherbit   78.50% 69.05% 82.45% 82.64% 78.16%
NWS Digital Forecast   79.91% 72.22% 76.55% 76.55% 76.31%
Pirate Weather   71.34% 55.13% 84.52% 84.52% 73.88%
OpenWeather   73.33% 54.34% 83.56% 83.56% 73.70%
Wetter   63.20% 69.04% 78.26% 74.89% 71.35%
World Weather Online   60.27% 60.74% 79.18% 79.18% 69.84%
Persistence   35.66% 41.51% 53.74% 53.74% 46.16%

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