ForecastWatch calculates the accuracy, skill, and quality of weather forecasts.
We collect over 40,000 forecasts each day from
Accuweather,
the
National Weather Service,
and others for 990 U.S. cities and 1300 international cities and compare them with
what actually happened. With this information, we help weather forecast
companies, businesses, and individuals:
- Evaluate weather forecast providers
- Improve decision-making where weather forecasts are used as input
- Improve weather forecasts by providing useful feedback
- Improve the quality of weather forecast websites
- Provide additional data for decision and risk analysis
Weather plays an important role in our economy. Hundreds of thousands of
businesses and individuals use weather forecasts every day to make decisions
that have real economic impact. Hundreds of thousands more businesses and
individuals could use weather forecasts as part of their daily planning process
if the weather impacts on their businesses or the risks of using weather
forecasts could be quantified. But until ForecastWatch, nobody had real data on
who is the most accurate and skillful.