Welcome to the SimpleWeather blog! Check here for site updates, and posts about other weather related stories around the web.
A few of you have been sending us some reports here and there about incorrect temperatures/information and the such. We just wanted to let you know we’ve been working hard behind the scenes here at SimpleWeather to bring you an even better service. We’re working with our data provider, CustomWeather, in an effort to offer better data and other new features. If we don’t respond to your e-mail, don’t worry! We check every e-mail by hand and eyes and your opinion/feedback will always count.
We really hope you guys continue to let everyone know about SimpleWeather. Thanks for all your support!
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:48 am
simpleweather.com says it’s going to be a high of 97 in my area. weather.com says 84… I have a tendency to trust weather.com in this instance. :-/ Although I guess that’s more of a CustomWeather issue.
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:15 pm
In the Pasadena, CA area, it has always been forecasting lower than weather.com… It seems to be very precise, if not accurate, always predicting about 8 degrees lower than weather.com. So I can just add that every time, and be happy! On the other hand, it’s not like I actually check the temperature to see which is the closer prediction.
It would be interesting to see user feedback by location, though I don’t know if enough people use this site yet for that to work well. If for example, enough people said that the temperatures were always off by a certain amount at a certain location, that offset could be taken into account in the prediction, or at least given as an alternate forecast. However, I suppose this defeats the purpose of “simple weather”.
Wonderful, wonderful site. It doesn’t give me a headache to look at!
August 28th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Love to hear it - I have definitely noticed an improvement in the Atlanta area.
As to accuracy, I wonder if some of the differences with other sites is timing. It seems like simpleweather.com (so really customweather) updates lag those on weather.com and accuweather.com.
However, none seems any more accurate than the others. So, it might be good PR to post some accuracy stats . . . or, if not good PR then good negotiation leverage with CustomWeather
September 1st, 2008 at 1:09 pm
http://www.msn.com
September 12th, 2008 at 10:42 am
I am blind and use a voice screen reader. The “security code” is not accessible for me. They need to put a spoken one on there for blind people.