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Question: What does it take to provide a better weather forecast than the models?

Answer: Meteorologists such as those found at your National Weather Service.

Did you know? At the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, we do our best to give you the highest quality forecast possible every day. In fact, we verify our forecast package every 3 hours. Here is a look at the results of our low temperature forecasts the past 30 days. Green is good! 

Example of forecast verification.