05-19-2008, 07:10 PM
AccuWeather is highly inaccurate. The way they get their numbers to do their current temps and forecasts is fundamentally flawed.
I dealt with them for a couple years while I tried to supply a specific web service. Their numbers were continually off. When I signed up the sales guy gave me a breakdown of how they got their data and so on. But when the numbers were almost never right, I finally got to talk to to a tech. He explained the real way they get their numbers.
It's guesswork and then they fudge the numbers up and down based on user feedback. So there could be someone in your area that's in a hot spot and been complaining that the numbers are low, so now they automatically add a few degrees.
I dealt with them for a couple years while I tried to supply a specific web service. Their numbers were continually off. When I signed up the sales guy gave me a breakdown of how they got their data and so on. But when the numbers were almost never right, I finally got to talk to to a tech. He explained the real way they get their numbers.
It's guesswork and then they fudge the numbers up and down based on user feedback. So there could be someone in your area that's in a hot spot and been complaining that the numbers are low, so now they automatically add a few degrees.