Weather forecast accuracy details for San Jose, 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 (January)

Provider High Temp Low Temp Icon Precip Text Precip Overall
The Weather Channel   79.57% 76.34% 97.85% 97.85% 87.90%
Weatherbit   74.19% 72.04% 100.00% 100.00% 86.56%
AccuWeather   75.27% 69.89% 96.77% 96.77% 84.68%
AerisWeather   67.74% 73.12% 97.85% 97.85% 84.14%
Foreca/Vaisala   68.82% 70.97% 97.85% 97.85% 83.87%
Microsoft   71.43% 68.82% 95.60% 98.90% 83.69%
Pirate Weather   68.82% 53.76% 97.85% 97.85% 79.57%
NWS Digital Forecast   73.12% 30.11% 97.85% 97.85% 74.73%
OpenWeather   41.94% 53.76% 95.70% 95.70% 71.77%
Open-Meteo   38.71% 46.24% 96.77% 96.77% 69.62%
Wetter.com   24.73% 56.99% 95.70% 95.70% 68.28%
Persistence   41.82% 33.96% 87.27% 87.27% 62.58%
World Weather Online   38.71% 54.84% 77.42% 77.42% 62.10%

Weather Forecast Accuracy Data Last Year (2024)

Provider High Temp Low Temp Icon Precip Text Precip Overall
The Weather Channel   86.01% 87.70% 94.55% 94.55% 90.70%
Foreca/Vaisala   77.84% 86.20% 95.21% 95.21% 88.62%
Microsoft   80.48% 83.24% 94.54% 95.24% 88.37%
AccuWeather   84.38% 78.84% 93.90% 93.05% 87.54%
Weatherbit   82.38% 82.19% 92.27% 92.27% 87.28%
AerisWeather   79.91% 79.06% 94.27% 94.27% 86.88%
NWS Digital Forecast   77.95% 56.00% 91.90% 91.90% 79.44%
Pirate Weather   58.22% 61.03% 93.99% 93.99% 76.81%
Open-Meteo   49.20% 54.08% 94.08% 94.08% 72.86%
OpenWeather   45.73% 53.71% 93.52% 93.52% 71.62%
Wetter.com   44.60% 52.30% 90.14% 86.76% 68.45%
World Weather Online   42.00% 44.16% 91.24% 91.24% 67.16%
Persistence   45.11% 52.61% 79.57% 79.57% 64.21%

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