Why The Weather Recap Exists

I didn’t set out to build a weather app. I just wanted to know what the weather actually was yesterday — and how accurate the forecast had been. That turned out to be surprisingly hard to answer. Most weather apps are (understandably) future-focused, but once I started digging, I got curious:

How good are forecasts really? Does “72 hours out” actually mean anything? Are some places consistently better predicted than others? That curiosity snowballed into a small indie iOS app called The Weather Recap.

The app:
• shows recent actual weather
• compares it to past forecasts
• tracks accuracy over time (24h / 72h / 120h lead times)
• assigns a simple accuracy score per location

I’m not a meteorologist, and I’m not a professional app developer. This was mostly an exercise in curiosity, trial-and-error, and trying to make something understandable instead of flashy. It took a long time (too long) to actually get to a point where I even feel comfortable putting this app out into the wild beyond telling my friends and family to download it

I’m sharing this mostly for others who enjoy data-driven projects or who’ve gone down a rabbit hole that turned into “well… I guess I’m building this now.”

If you’re curious, here’s the app:

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6744126559

Happy to answer questions about the build, data choices, or what surprised me along the way.