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Calcat
Devoted July 2014

Is Accuweather Accurate?

Calcat, on June 11, 2014 at 7:21 PM Posted in Community Conversations 0 9

For those of you who stalked Accuweather before your wedding was it accurate? I am finally close enough to my date to see the weather prediction for the day and it has changed three times already. If it was accurate, how close to your wedding did it start getting accurate. The day before? Smiley smile

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Latest activity by MinD, on June 13, 2014 at 6:43 PM
  • Elle
    Master March 2015
    Elle ·
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    Depends on how far out your date is. If its longer then 5-7 days out, you wont get an accurate reading.

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  • OMW
    Master August 2013
    OMW ·
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    Mine wasn't that accurate. It was about 15 degrees colder than it was supposed to be and gray instead of sunny. It changed two days out.

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  • Celia Milton
    Celia Milton ·
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    Even that day you may not get an accurate report, if you're watching showers marching through the area.

    Here is my expert advice, not that you'll like it, lol. Give yourself a time that you have to decide to be inside or outside and make it at least an hour and a half before your ceremony. You do NOT want to spend the last hour before your wedding staring at the sky, the Doppler radar and the weather app instead of enjoying the day.

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  • Kaegurl
    Master June 2014
    Kaegurl ·
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    Not any more accurate than weather.com

    I wouldn't check it more than a week out (probably safer around 3 days out). I do for fun, but my wedding date is the 28th and so far it's fluctuated between 85-100 degrees, rain, humid, hot, and cloud cover.

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  • Michael Glenn
    Michael Glenn ·
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    I consider anything over three days out to be inaccurate. I use weather bug and have good luck with them, but the same theory applies.

    I agree with Celia

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  • NewMrsWesely
    Master September 2016
    NewMrsWesely ·
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    A meteorologist around here with our even more then normal crazy weather said that they don't get a true feel for an accurate weather forcast until two days before and even then it can change. I would look for a local news station. They have a better knowledge of what's going to happen in your exact area verses a large scale weather service

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  • rusticbride
    Master May 2014
    rusticbride ·
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    I starting checking Accuweather about 2 months out from our wedding. I'd check it every couple weeks. It would change from every two weeks or so. As it got closer, I checked it daily. It ended up being spot on for our wedding day.

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  • FutureMrsZottola
    Master July 2015
    FutureMrsZottola ·
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    I personally dislike accuweather. it's never been accurate for me so I gave up on it a while ago. I find weather.com to be the best. IDK though.

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  • MinD
    VIP June 2013
    MinD ·
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    At a week out, they were predicting sunsine on our wedding day with rain the day after; within 3 days it was changed to rain on our wedding day and sunshine the day before and after; the day before our wedding it rained and it was sunny and dry the day of and the day after. It was one storm that they rightfully predicted was coming, however they kept changing their mind as to when it would arrive.

    I wouldn't even bother sweating over weather predictions as it's always just a best guess as to the speed and track a storm will take, if one is predicted

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