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by oldmariner 716 days ago
I think there was a HN post a few weeks or maybe a month or two ago that showed which weather forecasting service was more accurate in general by comparing predictions to actual. I think the winner was Microsoft's with about a 70% accuracy (with one or two others only a percentage point or two behind). Does anyone else remember this or have the link?
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There was another I tried to dig up. It listed how one day forecast was better at x, during the day at y, 2-3 day at z, etc.

Windy.com allows you to compare models. Apparently weather forecasts accuracy are a popular topic and I didn’t bookmark it.

I think you are looking for ForecastAdvisor. However depending on your geo, different weather providers will be more accurate than others.
Microsoft did weather forecasts?
MSN Weather. I found this which links to a PDF of a report with comparisons:

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2024/05/28/weath...