‘Is BBC’s weather app drunk?’: Social media erupts after the Beeb forecasts it will be 7C across Europe for TWO DAYS – as people joke ‘is someone having a laugh?’
Social media has erupted after BBC Weather predicted it will be 7C across Europe for the next two days – days after the Met Office announced the UK is on track for its hottest June on record.
In what appears to be a glaring technical error, a map of the UK and Europe is currently covered with a sea of 7C forecasts all through the day and night.
Seeing the funny side, several social media users have poked fun at the Corporation, with people joking that those in charge must be ‘having a laugh.’
One user joked: ‘BBC weather go to bed you’re drunk’, with another adding: ‘Are you serious BBC? New Ice Age?’
A third quipped: ‘Maybe June 2023 won’t be the warmest June on record after all if tomorrow’s BBC forecast is true’.
A fourth said: ‘Cold snap on the way @bbcweather?!’
Social media has erupted after the BBC Weather app predicted it will be 7C across Europe for the next two days
And another added: ‘@bbcweather Someone is having a laugh! A constant 7 degrees for the next week?!’
With the UK actually bracing itself for temperatures of up to 18C tomorrow, according to the Met Office, it’s no surprise Britons are seeing the funny side.
Meanwhile, countries in Europe such as France and Germany are predicted to have soaring temperatures of 24C.
Some cities, such as Madrid, have been given a more generous forecast of 15C – but it is still some way off the 34C heatwave predicted in the Spanish capital this weekend.
Despite the 7C prediction in the UK, provisional figures suggest the average temperature for the month is already set to beat the previous record of 14.9C, reached in both June 1940 and June 1976.
Four of the current top 10 warmest June have occurred this century: 14.8 C in 2018, 14.5C in 2003, 14.5C in 2006 and 14.4C in 2017. Met Office temperature data begins in 1884.
In response to the technical glitch, the BBC Weather Twitter account said: ‘Our apologies for the incorrect temperatures appearing on the website and app. We are working with our data suppliers to fix this fault.’
