Weather Forecasting for Weather Derivatives



Table 1

Point Forecast Accuracy Comparisons
Daily Average Temperature

1-Day Ahead

3-Day-Ahead

5-Day-Ahead

7-Day-Ahead

9-Day-Ahead

11-Day-Ahead

Atlanta

Persistence

4.50

8.00

8.72

9.07

8.99

9.28

Climatological

6.93

6.88

6.84

7.04

6.93

6.59

Autoregressive

4.12

6.45

6.69

7.03

6.89

6.59

EarthSat

2.74

3.84

5.10

6.04

6.65

7.00

Chicago

Persistence

6.73

10.50

11.06

11.54

11.74

11.99

Climatological

8.74

8.72

8.72

8.50

8.88

8.55

Autoregressive

6.06

8.38

8.57

8.45

8.84

8.53

EarthSat

3.22

4.70

6.31

7.46

8.48

8.92

Las Vegas

Persistence

3.78

6.15

7.08

7.71

7.96

7.93

Climatological

5.99

5.85

5.80

6.02

5.97

5.80

Autoregressive

3.57

5.20

5.58

5.92

5.97

5.78

EarthSat

2.54

3.28

4.19

5.32

5.81

6.04

Philadelphia

Persistence

5.53

8.83

9.83

9.87

9.55

10.18

Climatological

7.12

6.95

7.27

7.19

6.98

7.19

Autoregressive

4.95

6.74

7.23

7.15

6.95

7.08

EarthSat

2.61

3.91

5.35

6.26

7.24

8.37



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