The accuracy is definitely location dependent, but I anecdotally agree with the GP that the accuracy has improved substantially, at least for the UK where I am.
Ten years ago, the weather forecast was so unreliable that I just assumed anything could happen on a given day, no matter the season. Frequently it would be unable to even tell you whether it was currently raining, and my heuristic for next day forecast instead was to just assume the weather would be the same as today.
Nowadays I find the next day forecasts are nearly always accurate and hourly precipitation forecasts are good enough that I can plan my cycles and walks around them.
Ten years ago, the weather forecast was so unreliable that I just assumed anything could happen on a given day, no matter the season. Frequently it would be unable to even tell you whether it was currently raining, and my heuristic for next day forecast instead was to just assume the weather would be the same as today.
Nowadays I find the next day forecasts are nearly always accurate and hourly precipitation forecasts are good enough that I can plan my cycles and walks around them.