Meteorologists Lack of Data Impacting Forecasts

Wednesday, July 01, 2026

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was among several agencies gutted by the Trump Administration's Department of Government Efficiency in 2025.

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Here's Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately. Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it. gizmodo.com/heres-why-we ...

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Here's Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately.

Who says forecasts are less accurate?

Weather forecasts from official services like the National Weather Service (NWS) are highly accurate for short-term windows, but their reliability steadily drops the further out they look.

As it has been for a while now.

1 to 3 days out: Highly accurate (90% to 98%).

4 to 7 days out: Generally reliable (80% accurate).

10 days or more: Less reliable (roughly 50% accurate).

I don't believe any of that has changed much. But then again I don't have access to the raw data anymore.

#1 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-01 10:46 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"This is fine. Everything is fine."

#2 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-07-01 01:17 PM | Reply

I look at maps and make my own predictions. The terrain I live in is far too varied for people to tell me what's going to happen from hundreds of miles away. I'm usually far more accurate than they are. But as this regime cuts funding, the infrastructure used for prediction is going to get much less reliable.

#3 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-07-01 06:43 PM | Reply

Musk came in and just tore agency after agency apart. He had little knowledge of the jobs of those he fired, he just wanted to lower governmental expenses so he could have the massive tax cuts for the rich and greedy go through. We are led by very clever, but very bad people. I used to wonder why the German and the Japanese people just let their government hurt so many people, now I know first hand...corruption at the highest level, combined with fascist ideology...

#4 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-07-02 07:09 AM | Reply

I used to wonder why the German and the Japanese people just let their government hurt so many people, now I know first hand...corruption at the highest level, combined with fascist ideology...

#4 | POSTED BY HUGHMASS

The biggest difference is we have a history of Americans like Renee Good and Alex Pretti and others (like the protestors in Texas ) who will put their lives on the line to stop it here and inspire others like myself to stand up to corruption and facism in America.

And we have mid terms.

So ... Accountability is coming.

#5 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-02 11:08 AM | Reply