Weather forecast accuracy details for Townsend, Montana

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
Microsoft   63.75% 66.67% 95.18% 96.39% 80.50%
AerisWeather   65.48% 52.38% 91.95% 91.95% 75.44%
Weatherbit   59.52% 64.29% 86.21% 86.21% 74.06%
The Weather Channel   53.57% 64.29% 88.51% 88.51% 73.72%
Foreca/Vaisala   55.95% 61.90% 86.21% 86.21% 72.57%
AccuWeather   65.48% 55.95% 83.91% 83.91% 72.31%
Pirate Weather   57.14% 40.48% 89.66% 89.66% 69.23%
OpenWeather   55.95% 46.43% 83.91% 83.91% 67.55%
Wetter.com   45.24% 32.14% 88.51% 88.51% 63.60%
World Weather Online   38.10% 26.19% 88.51% 88.51% 60.32%
Open-Meteo   50.00% 25.00% 82.76% 82.76% 60.13%
Persistence   35.00% 50.00% 74.19% 74.19% 58.35%
NWS Digital Forecast   58.33% 46.43% 62.07% 62.07% 57.22%

Weather Forecast Accuracy Data Last Year (2024)

Provider High Temp Low Temp Icon Precip Text Precip Overall
The Weather Channel   76.85% 70.12% 88.31% 88.31% 80.90%
Microsoft   76.02% 65.41% 86.97% 87.89% 79.07%
Foreca/Vaisala   71.57% 62.54% 86.97% 86.97% 77.01%
Weatherbit   70.87% 64.33% 85.14% 85.14% 76.37%
AccuWeather   73.88% 64.39% 81.63% 80.37% 75.07%
AerisWeather   63.69% 61.38% 85.63% 85.44% 74.04%
OpenWeather   59.17% 45.73% 79.79% 79.79% 66.12%
Pirate Weather   58.29% 34.49% 85.78% 85.78% 66.09%
NWS Digital Forecast   67.86% 53.49% 70.75% 70.75% 65.71%
Wetter.com   51.18% 47.63% 81.12% 79.94% 64.97%
World Weather Online   35.64% 25.74% 75.48% 75.48% 53.09%
Persistence   30.17% 33.18% 66.09% 66.09% 48.88%

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