Weather forecast accuracy details for Lakewood, Washington

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   93.10% 87.21% 90.80% 91.95% 90.77%
The Weather Channel   93.10% 85.06% 88.51% 88.51% 88.79%
AccuWeather   91.57% 85.37% 85.54% 83.13% 86.40%
Foreca/Vaisala   85.06% 85.06% 87.36% 87.36% 86.21%
AerisWeather   91.95% 88.51% 80.46% 80.46% 85.34%
Weatherbit   91.76% 75.29% 75.29% 76.47% 79.71%
NWS Digital Forecast   86.05% 77.91% 75.58% 75.58% 78.78%
OpenWeather   71.26% 62.07% 89.66% 89.66% 78.16%
Open-Meteo   75.86% 59.77% 82.76% 82.76% 75.29%
Pirate Weather   75.86% 45.98% 87.36% 87.36% 74.14%
World Weather Online   67.82% 58.62% 77.01% 77.01% 70.11%
Wetter   66.67% 58.62% 62.07% 59.77% 61.78%
Persistence   53.33% 39.34% 55.00% 55.00% 50.67%

Weather Forecast Accuracy Data Last Year (2023)

Provider High Temp Low Temp Icon Precip Text Precip Overall
The Weather Channel   86.92% 92.17% 89.38% 89.38% 89.46%
Foreca/Vaisala   83.43% 90.33% 89.56% 89.56% 88.22%
Microsoft   84.87% 88.62% 89.06% 89.06% 87.90%
AerisWeather   82.04% 89.32% 87.36% 87.36% 86.52%
AccuWeather   84.23% 84.05% 88.40% 87.93% 86.15%
NWS Digital Forecast   82.94% 88.38% 84.90% 84.90% 85.28%
Weatherbit   80.47% 83.10% 84.87% 84.87% 83.33%
Pirate Weather   65.19% 55.86% 87.97% 87.97% 74.25%
World Weather Online   48.70% 63.30% 86.53% 86.53% 71.27%
OpenWeather   58.47% 51.01% 87.36% 87.36% 71.05%
Wetter   64.09% 65.65% 77.20% 72.25% 69.80%
Persistence   46.46% 48.95% 64.91% 64.91% 56.31%

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