When Accuracy Is a Lying Metric: The Weather Forecaster Who Was 96% Accurate and Still Got Everyone Killed

📰 Dev.to · Sachin Kr. Rajput

"No rain today." She said it every single day for 10 years in the desert. She was right 96% of the time. Then the flash flood came. 127 people died. Her accuracy was stellar. Her usefulness was zero. Here are the five scenarios where accuracy will betray you.

Published 21 Jan 2026
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