Weather forecast accuracy details for Ferguson, 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 (December)

Provider High Temp Low Temp Icon Precip Text Precip Overall
The Weather Channel   73.33% 72.22% 80.00% 80.00% 76.39%
Microsoft   66.67% 62.96% 80.77% 83.33% 73.43%
AccuWeather   67.78% 64.44% 81.11% 78.89% 73.06%
AerisWeather   65.56% 71.11% 75.56% 76.67% 72.22%
Foreca/Vaisala   62.22% 74.44% 75.56% 75.56% 71.94%
Weatherbit   51.11% 63.33% 81.11% 82.22% 69.44%
NWS Digital Forecast   58.89% 51.11% 80.00% 80.00% 67.50%
Open-Meteo   60.00% 51.11% 78.89% 78.89% 67.22%
Pirate Weather   64.44% 26.67% 86.67% 86.67% 66.11%
Wetter.com   50.00% 38.89% 85.56% 85.56% 65.00%
OpenWeather   57.78% 36.67% 76.67% 76.67% 61.94%
World Weather Online   42.22% 51.11% 76.67% 76.67% 61.67%
Persistence   18.84% 25.71% 53.62% 53.62% 37.95%

Weather Forecast Accuracy Data Last Year (2024)

Provider High Temp Low Temp Icon Precip Text Precip Overall
The Weather Channel   78.31% 74.18% 88.45% 88.45% 82.35%
Microsoft   76.37% 68.33% 88.66% 89.31% 80.67%
AccuWeather   73.14% 71.97% 84.19% 83.52% 78.21%
Weatherbit   74.19% 71.03% 83.65% 83.84% 78.18%
Foreca/Vaisala   70.23% 70.42% 85.73% 85.73% 78.03%
AerisWeather   72.02% 67.61% 85.82% 85.92% 77.84%
NWS Digital Forecast   71.83% 65.77% 78.87% 78.87% 73.83%
Pirate Weather   72.39% 34.93% 87.04% 87.04% 70.35%
Wetter.com   54.37% 48.45% 79.44% 79.81% 65.52%
World Weather Online   49.91% 50.47% 76.46% 76.46% 63.32%
OpenWeather   50.80% 37.09% 79.25% 79.25% 61.60%
Persistence   30.83% 27.28% 58.01% 58.01% 43.53%

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