Public complains to Met Éireann about 'wildly differing' temperatures during heatwave
The public complained to Met Éireann about wildly differing temperature forecasts during the summer’s first heatwave, including one that gave a 10-degree difference for the same town.
A weather watcher checking conditions in June was told it would be 26 degrees and sunny when they searched for ‘Tralee, Co Kerry.’
However, entering only ‘Tralee’ produced a forecast of just 16 degrees and cloudy conditions on the same day.
In response, Met Éireann said its regional forecast at the time was predicting highs of between 26 and 31 degrees right across Munster.
The weather service suspected the lower temperature reading was an error or old data that was held on the user’s device.
Another person in Cork complained that Met Éireann’s website was routinely showing temperatures of only 15 or 16 degrees while other forecasts were suggesting highs of 25 to 27 degrees.
They said the problem had persisted for months and claimed the website was displaying almost identical...
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