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by adolph 1380 days ago
The advantage of DarkSky was hyperlocalized forecast. I was able to time a walk between buildings dryly.
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In hope that this could be useful to you: In Europe I had good success using AccuWeather for a similar purpose, the 60min forecast was almost always on point.
Accuweather in EU was a total disaster for me in the last months.
It's always worth a try. My father on the east coast reported similar excellent accuracy for hyperlocal precipitation forecasts from AccuWeather, but I've found the rain forecasts in TX little better than guesses (often going so far as to fail to predict what the rainfall will be in 15 minutes, much less in a few hours).
I'll give it a try, thank you for an alternative.
I’ll miss it as well, it’s been essential as I farm for timing. Particularly, the hourly rain rate. It rains all the time where I am and knowing when it’ll get above a certain threshold is key so I know when I have to pack up or get stuck
For the last several years I’ve been driving topless Jeeps most of the summer, and Dark Sky has been hugely helpful.