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Well no, but the daily forecast gives me a good enough approximation. If I know the temp in the AM when I get up and I know the forecasted high, I can get a pretty good guess of what midday temps will be. If a massive front is moving through that will lead to significant changes, well the forecast will capture that too in wind and precipitation forecasts.

As for the next 30 minutes, I have tried AccuWeather and DarkSky. Both get the timing wrong about as often as they get it right for my location.



Those daily forecasts are highly localised though. I live in a city with half a million people that has its own little microclimate because we're surrounded by large hills on 2 sides and ocean on the other two. A general forecast for even 20 miles around us would almost certainly be wrong.

> As for the next 30 minutes, I have tried AccuWeather and DarkSky. Both get the timing wrong about as often as they get it right for my location.

Anecdotally here the met office is right far more often than it's not.




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