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Accuweather will give you a 3 month forecast! I had to blink a few times to make sure I got that right. Their existing long term forecast goes to March 10, 20

Accuweather will give you a 3 month forecast! I had to blink a few times to make sure I got that right. Their existing long term forecast goes to March 10, 2021. https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/boston/02108/march-weather/348735?year=2021 https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/boston/02108/march-weather...

snazz 6y ago
Dark Sky (whose future is in question due to the Apple acquisition) has a Time Machine feature that lets you see weather pretty much arbitrarily far in the future: https://darksky.net/details/40.7127,-74.0059/2020-12-31/us12/en https://darksky.net/details/40.7127,-74.0059/2020-12-31/us12...
- brootstrap 6y ago
  I have a degree in meteorology. I can forecast weather for the 4th of July over next 3 years (2021, 2022, and 2023). here in Chicago, Illinois. will be upper 80s, low 90s. Chance of thunderstorms in afternoon. Congrats, i have now predicted a typical 4th of July and will be correct more than normal. Damn i should have built a web company and sold my ideas for a bajillion dollars
  - snazz 6y ago
    I'm not saying it's accurate :) But I still appreciate that the Dark Sky feature isn't artificially limited to a particular date. They have a nice error bar on the temperature that gives you an indication of how much it's unknown.
  - saagarjha 6y ago
    Joke's on you, I can do that without a degree in meteorology!
perryprog 6y ago
It's worth being aware of its shortcomings, as even its 25 day forecast has been shown to be no more accurate than climatological averages.[1] They also have done some shifty stuff in the past regarding data privacy, among some other weird things.[2] [1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/12/26/students-put-accuweather-long-range-forecasts-to-the-test/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AccuWeather#Criticisms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AccuWeather#Criticisms
2trill2spill 6y ago
Silly Accuweather, I've heard meteorologist refer to anything beyond 10 days as "fantasyland", because forecast that far out are not really accurate.
_jal 6y ago
I'll give you a 10 year forecast! Do you want it?

snazz 6y ago

Dark Sky (whose future is in question due to the Apple acquisition) has a Time Machine feature that lets you see weather pretty much arbitrarily far in the future: https://darksky.net/details/40.7127,-74.0059/2020-12-31/us12/en https://darksky.net/details/40.7127,-74.0059/2020-12-31/us12...

brootstrap 6y ago
I have a degree in meteorology. I can forecast weather for the 4th of July over next 3 years (2021, 2022, and 2023). here in Chicago, Illinois. will be upper 80s, low 90s. Chance of thunderstorms in afternoon. Congrats, i have now predicted a typical 4th of July and will be correct more than normal. Damn i should have built a web company and sold my ideas for a bajillion dollars
- snazz 6y ago
  I'm not saying it's accurate :) But I still appreciate that the Dark Sky feature isn't artificially limited to a particular date. They have a nice error bar on the temperature that gives you an indication of how much it's unknown.
- saagarjha 6y ago
  Joke's on you, I can do that without a degree in meteorology!

perryprog 6y ago

It's worth being aware of its shortcomings, as even its 25 day forecast has been shown to be no more accurate than climatological averages.[1] They also have done some shifty stuff in the past regarding data privacy, among some other weird things.[2] [1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/12/26/students-put-accuweather-long-range-forecasts-to-the-test/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AccuWeather#Criticisms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AccuWeather#Criticisms

2trill2spill 6y ago

Silly Accuweather, I've heard meteorologist refer to anything beyond 10 days as "fantasyland", because forecast that far out are not really accurate.

_jal 6y ago

I'll give you a 10 year forecast! Do you want it?