BBC Weather shows wrong temperatures after a technical glitch

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By Christie Cooney, BBC News, June 30, 2023

Updated 15 minutes ago

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Meteorologist Darren Pitt provides the forecast during BBC News at 10:00

A technical glitch means that the BBC Weather app and website are showing users unusually low temperatures in their area.

While most expect warm temperatures around the seasonal average and sporadic showers heading into next week, visitors to the BBC stands are being told to prepare for a 7°C or 8°C fall.

A problem with a third party supplier is causing the problem and engineers are working on it.

BBC Weather has apologized for the issue.

The somewhat surprising “forecast” comes amid a spell of warm weather that has seen daytime temperatures consistently above 20C in recent weeks.

After a tumultuous end to the weekend in the North West, it will be drier and sunnier than anywhere else, with some sunshine to be enjoyed across the UK at some point.

It will remain wet in parts of the north as the new week begins, with rain spreading east – possibly accompanied by some thunder in places.

It’s a similar picture on Tuesday, but temperatures will remain warm across the country.

In London, the mercury is not expected to drop below 20°C throughout the week, according to the Met Office, while in Edinburgh temperatures are expected to reach 17°C.

Cardiff, Manchester and Belfast will see temperatures around 17C and bouts of sunshine.

Efforts are under way to resolve the BBC Weather issue, which arises with a third party supplier contracted to provide the data.

The issue has affected broadcast television, with screens during the forecast on BBC News At Ten showing the forecast temperature for Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and London at 8C daily from Monday to Thursday.

“We apologize for the incorrect temperatures shown on the website and app. We are working with our data suppliers to fix this error,” BBC Weather said in a statement.

This issue sparked reactions from dozens of social media users.

“The BBC’s weather app is back in February,” wrote Eugene Gauguin.

“I hope the BBC weather app is down, that’s not tomorrow’s weather!” Bill Badger said.

“The BBC Weather app is drunk,” Charlotte Foster said simply.

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