atrielienz , 6 hours ago

For one thing, there’s two competing weather services providing the data to countless apps in the US and one of them has more money to throw around than the other.

The weather channel has better weather predictions overall than Apple’s own weather app, as rated by Forecastadvisor.com, but is not as accurate as Accuweather is although it’s used in more apps.

Weather is about tracking and predictions. It’s never going to be completely 100% correct. But taking a hodgepodge of information from several prediction services means you’re more likely to be less accurate overall despite what people may think.