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All and every weather data that ANY weather company uses is provided, for free, by the US Government [0] [0] https://www.weather.gov/ https://www.weather.gov/

by mdrzn 4y ago

jannyfer 4y ago
Does it provide weather in Italy?
- carabiner 4y ago
  Yes.
Larrikin 4y ago
Dark Sky augmented their data with user reports and sensor data inside of the phones. There was a time during the summer of 2019 where I was able to impress friends by accurately predicting when rain would start and stop down to the minute based on the rain notifications I would get. When Apple bought them and shut down the Android app they threw away all the data Android users were giving them and Dark Sky became almost exactly the same as every other weather API.
- kalleboo 4y ago
  It seems like replacing "the android users who used this app" with "every iPhone user" would increase their data acquisition rather than reduce it
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buro9 4y ago
Perhaps in the US that is true, but "All" and "any" doesn't extend to other countries very well. In the UK https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ power a lot of apps, in Norway it is https://www.yr.no/nb https://www.yr.no/nb . I'm sure most countries have their own weather providing service.
joekrill 4y ago
I don't believe this is true. DarkSky aggregated data from various sources. They also provided "hyper local" forecasts which were very accurate - I don't think NWS has anything like this. And I don't believe the NWS provides weather outside of the US - when I try to get the forecast for Mexico City, for example, I get "Data Unavailable For Requested Point" (https://api.weather.gov/points/19.4333,-99.1333 https://api.weather.gov/points/19.4333,-99.1333)
rascul 4y ago
It uses data from NOAA, among others. https://darksky.net/attribution https://darksky.net/attribution
throwaway290 4y ago
If what you claim was true, apps would at least be consistent with each other. This couldn't be further from reality. What I see in Dark Sky or Weather app is very different from what I see e.g. in Windy. Where I am now Dark Sky is almost completely wrong (neither real-time conditions nor predictions), while Windy manages to at least show accurate radar data and lets me make a short-term forecast myself.
- mdrzn 4y ago
  Every app makes its own "forecast" based on their own "algorithms", which is why there's a discrepancy between different apps.
NelsonMinar 4y ago
Detailed weather data and analysis is not free for many countries other than the US.

All and every weather data that ANY weather company uses is provided, for free, by the US Government [0] [0] https://www.weather.gov/ https://www.weather.gov/

by mdrzn 4y ago

All and every weather data that ANY weather company uses is provided, for free, by the US Government [0] [0] https://www.weather.gov/ https://www.weather.gov/

jannyfer 4y ago

Does it provide weather in Italy?

carabiner 4y ago
Yes.

Larrikin 4y ago

Dark Sky augmented their data with user reports and sensor data inside of the phones. There was a time during the summer of 2019 where I was able to impress friends by accurately predicting when rain would start and stop down to the minute based on the rain notifications I would get. When Apple bought them and shut down the Android app they threw away all the data Android users were giving them and Dark Sky became almost exactly the same as every other weather API.

kalleboo 4y ago
It seems like replacing "the android users who used this app" with "every iPhone user" would increase their data acquisition rather than reduce it
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]

buro9 4y ago

Perhaps in the US that is true, but "All" and "any" doesn't extend to other countries very well. In the UK https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ power a lot of apps, in Norway it is https://www.yr.no/nb https://www.yr.no/nb . I'm sure most countries have their own weather providing service.

joekrill 4y ago

I don't believe this is true. DarkSky aggregated data from various sources. They also provided "hyper local" forecasts which were very accurate - I don't think NWS has anything like this. And I don't believe the NWS provides weather outside of the US - when I try to get the forecast for Mexico City, for example, I get "Data Unavailable For Requested Point" (https://api.weather.gov/points/19.4333,-99.1333 https://api.weather.gov/points/19.4333,-99.1333)

rascul 4y ago

It uses data from NOAA, among others. https://darksky.net/attribution https://darksky.net/attribution

throwaway290 4y ago

If what you claim was true, apps would at least be consistent with each other. This couldn't be further from reality. What I see in Dark Sky or Weather app is very different from what I see e.g. in Windy. Where I am now Dark Sky is almost completely wrong (neither real-time conditions nor predictions), while Windy manages to at least show accurate radar data and lets me make a short-term forecast myself.

mdrzn 4y ago
Every app makes its own "forecast" based on their own "algorithms", which is why there's a discrepancy between different apps.

NelsonMinar 4y ago

Detailed weather data and analysis is not free for many countries other than the US.