is Accuweather.com or Weather.com more accurate ?

Question

is Accuweather.com or Weather.com more accurate ?

Answer 1

I will not say the NWS is the site to use because they are more accurate rather I will say that if you want a good comparison use the NWS as your base line and which of the two more closely resembles the NWS reports.



As a Skywarn Spotter I use many resources for my weather reports including Weather.com and Accuweather



To fairly answer this question everyone needs to look at the National Weather Service as a baseline

because television, radio and other media weathercasters prepare their forecasts using NOAA information.



I understand that you want to use only Accuweather.com or Weather.com but you do need to use the NWS site to compare the two.



I have been watching the NWS, Accuweather and Weather.com and it appears to me that it is a toss up as to who is more accurate.



The reason why is that the NWS works closely with all media to work together to try and prepare there reports uniformly with the NWS. So more and more you will find that the accuracy of the reports will all closely resemble the NWS reports. The only difference is that media reports will be targeted to there customer base, but the accuracy will pretty much be in line with the NWS.



I hope this helps

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http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/transformations/weather/welcome.html

Answer 2

Www.accurateweather.com

Answer 3

Accuweather Vs Weather Channel

Answer 4

I prefer the interface on Accuweather's home page. It's more set up to access the weather conditions. Weather.com is more like a portal to the Weather Channel. And, it's not even intuitive as to how to get weather information. Most of the links are for something other than actual weather information.



Regarding their accuracy, they both get their information from the National Weather Service. I guess it depends on who updates their data the most often.

Answer 5

You can use this private company's web site to compare. Just type in the location name or zip code and you will find out immediately which one has been more accurate for your point of interest. The NWS is not always the most accurate for any given site.



http://www.forecastadvisor.com/