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Nicola Roy & Will Maule

Bizarre BBC weather forecast leaves people saying 'no way' as website glitches

The BBC has been forced to apologise for causing confusion after the 'wrong' temperatures on the weather forecast were shown for several areas.

Due to “technical issues”, those who checked BBC weather had quite the shock when the broadcaster predicted temperatures between 6C and 8C, leaving people on social media very confused.

Meanwhile, the Met Office predicted temperatures to be in their teens and twenties and recently announced that this June had been the hottest on record.

The Mirror reports that people took to Twitter to ask what was going on with the drastic and sudden change in conditions.

One person said: "Anybody getting unbelievably low temperatures BBC Weather?

"No way is this right."

Another added: "Please tell me the BBC Weather app is broken because this seems unusually pessimistic for June/July."

People on Twitter were left confused after spotting the glitch (Twitter)

And it wasn't just the BBC weather site and app that was affected by this glitch - as the weather map that was used on the News at Ten also showed the incorrect information.

The broadcaster was quick to realise its error and apologised on Twitter, saying: "“Our apologies for the incorrect temperatures appearing on the website and app.

“We are working with our data suppliers to fix this fault."

The forecast showed unusually low temperatures for this time of year (Weather forecast)

They added on Friday morning: “Good morning, Unfortunately we’ve still got technical issues with data on our app and (website)…it’s not actually going to be 7 or 8C.”

In comparison, the Met Office is predicting that Glasgow will see highs of 16C this weekend, with Edinburgh seeing 17C and Dundee with 18C.

Elsewhere in Europe, such as France and Germany, the mercury could rise to highs of 24C.

June is expected to break records in the UK this year, with the previous highest average temperature for the month being 14.9C, reached in both June 1940 and June 1976.

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