Is Apple Weather accurate?
The built-in weather app on every iPhone and Mac, rebuilt on the Dark Sky engine Apple acquired in 2020.
Apple Weather does not run its own forecast — it blends public models like the NWS. In our last-30-day test that model scored well, but the app never shows you when the models disagree.
How Apple Weather makes its forecast. Apple does not run its own forecast model. It blends several public sources — including the US National Weather Service, ECMWF and others — into one clean number. That matters, because it means the accuracy you get from Apple Weather is really the accuracy of the models underneath it — the same models we test, in the open, against the recorded weather.
Our verdict. As accurate as the models underneath it, which are genuinely good — but it never shows you when those models disagree, so a confident-looking Apple forecast can hide a very uncertain day.
Which forecast is most accurate in the US?
CheckWeather Score — graded against the weather that actually happened
The CheckWeather Score blends temperature, wind and rain accuracy — each measured against ERA5 (the recorded weather) over the last 30 days across 300 cities. Lower error means a higher score. The apps you know (AccuWeather, Apple Weather, The Weather Channel) are built on these models.
Which forecast is most accurate in the UK?
CheckWeather Score — graded against the weather that actually happened
The CheckWeather Score blends temperature, wind and rain accuracy — each measured against ERA5 (the recorded weather) over the last 30 days across 300 cities. Lower error means a higher score. The apps you know (AccuWeather, Apple Weather, The Weather Channel) are built on these models.
Which forecast is most accurate in Canada?
CheckWeather Score — graded against the weather that actually happenedThe CheckWeather Score blends temperature, wind and rain accuracy — each measured against ERA5 (the recorded weather) over the last 30 days across 300 cities. Lower error means a higher score. The apps you know (AccuWeather, Apple Weather, The Weather Channel) are built on these models.
Which forecast is most accurate in Australia?
CheckWeather Score — graded against the weather that actually happenedThe CheckWeather Score blends temperature, wind and rain accuracy — each measured against ERA5 (the recorded weather) over the last 30 days across 300 cities. Lower error means a higher score. The apps you know (AccuWeather, Apple Weather, The Weather Channel) are built on these models.
Which forecast is most accurate in New Zealand?
CheckWeather Score — graded against the weather that actually happenedThe CheckWeather Score blends temperature, wind and rain accuracy — each measured against ERA5 (the recorded weather) over the last 30 days across 237 cities. Lower error means a higher score. The apps you know (AccuWeather, Apple Weather, The Weather Channel) are built on these models.