MIT researchers improve weather forecasts two to six weeks ahead
According to MIT, better forecasts two to six weeks ahead could give farmers, energy operators and emergency officials more time to prepare.
• A team including MIT researchers built a method to correct weather forecasts two to six weeks ahead.
• MIT says its competition entry doubled the original model’s predictive power and beat long-term climate averages.
• The team reported better extreme weather predictions, and Cohen says the model is open source.
Read more

October 14, 2026 25