Weather forecast accuracy details for Saint Paul, 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 (January)

Provider High Temp Low Temp Icon Precip Text Precip Overall
The Weather Channel   72.04% 68.82% 92.47% 92.47% 81.45%
Microsoft   66.67% 64.77% 92.22% 94.44% 79.53%
AerisWeather   68.82% 66.67% 87.10% 87.10% 77.42%
Foreca/Vaisala   70.97% 63.44% 87.10% 87.10% 77.15%
AccuWeather   64.52% 60.22% 83.87% 83.87% 73.12%
Weatherbit   58.06% 54.84% 89.25% 89.25% 72.85%
NWS Digital Forecast   59.14% 49.46% 83.87% 83.87% 69.09%
Pirate Weather   51.61% 29.03% 94.62% 94.62% 67.47%
Open-Meteo   47.31% 45.16% 83.87% 83.87% 65.05%
Wetter.com   38.71% 45.16% 86.02% 86.02% 63.98%
World Weather Online   39.78% 38.71% 88.17% 88.17% 63.71%
OpenWeather   38.71% 31.18% 81.72% 81.72% 58.33%
Persistence   17.24% 7.14% 67.24% 67.24% 39.72%

Weather Forecast Accuracy Data Last Year (2024)

Provider High Temp Low Temp Icon Precip Text Precip Overall
The Weather Channel   78.34% 78.91% 89.61% 89.61% 84.12%
Foreca/Vaisala   73.82% 76.46% 87.73% 87.73% 81.44%
Microsoft   77.11% 74.12% 86.05% 87.89% 81.29%
AccuWeather   76.50% 77.34% 83.95% 82.81% 80.15%
AerisWeather   73.07% 72.69% 86.80% 86.52% 79.77%
Weatherbit   69.84% 74.26% 85.67% 85.77% 78.88%
NWS Digital Forecast   70.96% 69.56% 75.69% 75.69% 72.98%
Pirate Weather   74.29% 35.88% 87.08% 87.08% 71.08%
Open-Meteo   56.21% 54.05% 80.34% 80.34% 67.73%
Wetter.com   58.76% 52.82% 79.21% 79.03% 67.46%
World Weather Online   54.24% 52.26% 75.84% 75.84% 64.55%
OpenWeather   51.41% 36.91% 78.09% 78.09% 61.13%
Persistence   30.91% 25.52% 61.95% 61.95% 45.08%

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