BBC apologises for data glitch that led to incorrect weather forecast in UK

Britain's public news broadcaster BBC on Thursday apologised after a "data glitch" on its website and app led to wrong weather forecasts for several cities across the UK.

People searching for the latest weather updates were given wrong weather predictions, including "hurricane force wind" in London with an estimated wind speed of 21,739 kmph and overnight temperatures of 404 degrees Celsius in Nottingham.

After several BBC app and website subscribers called out the inaccurate weather forecast, the media organisation apologised in a post on X.

"You may have noticed some data issues on our app and website. We are working hard to fix it quickly. Sorry - please bear with us," BBC Weather said in a post on X.

Senior BBC journalist Carol Kirkwood also addressed the issue during her weather forecast on Thursday morning.

"We love a weather map and we love information... There is a problem this morning. I think we can illustrate it now on the BBC Weather app, which is suggesting that there were hurricane-style winds all over the UK, which is clearly, manifestly not true," Charlie Stayt, one of the show's presenters was quoted as saying by news portal The Standard.

Earlier, several X users called out the BBC for the wrong weather prediction.

"Yikes... I'm hoping the BBC app has a problem," an X user said in a post. Another user commented, "I think your weather app has been hacked? 1,436 mile-an-hour winds in Hertfordshire??"

In 2023, the BBC also showed an incorrect weather frecast in the UK, when it showed the temperature at 7 degrees Celsius when it was hovering between 16 and 23 degrees Celsius with light rain.

Later, the BBC issued an apology.