Weather app underestimates high

[philosopherdog]

Good example today. Toronto tomorrow is a high of 27. There’s a weather advisory saying tomorrow will be 32-33! That’s a 5 degree difference. I’ve notice this is consistent. They always show an underestimation and then the day of they show the correct much higher temperature. Annoying.

 

[0128672]

Isn't that the nature of weather forecasting? It's always only an estimate. It's great when it's spot on but it's still a forecast. And different weather apps will show differing forecasts.

I use the Apple weather app (that's actually weather.com) and Dark Sky. The high temp forecast is almost always different between the two. I take it for what it is and note to myself, ok it's going to be hotter today than yesterday, but have no expectation any weather app is going to forecast the high temp precisely every day.

 

[antiprotest]

That's not Apple's fault I think. It's just the fact that weather forecasts are often worse than looking out the window or walking outside. In fact, forgetting prediction, the weather often fails to report the current weather condition. It can be sunny outside and the weather says it's a thunderstorm.