{"id":595109,"date":"2026-08-16T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/595109\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T15:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:00:10","slug":"public-complains-to-met-eireann-about-wildly-differing-temperatures-during-heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/595109\/","title":{"rendered":"Public complains to Met \u00c9ireann about &#8216;wildly differing&#8217; temperatures during heatwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The public complained to Met \u00c9ireann about wildly differing temperature forecasts during the summer\u2019s first heatwave, including one that gave a 10-degree difference for the same town.<\/p>\n<p>A weather watcher checking conditions in June was told it would be 26 degrees and sunny when they searched for \u2018Tralee, Co Kerry.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>However, entering only \u2018Tralee\u2019 produced a forecast of just 16 degrees and cloudy conditions on the same day.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Met \u00c9ireann said its regional forecast at the time was predicting highs of between 26 and 31 degrees right across Munster.<\/p>\n<p>The weather service suspected the lower temperature reading was an error or old data that was held on the user\u2019s device.<\/p>\n<p>Another person in Cork complained that Met \u00c9ireann\u2019s website was routinely showing temperatures of only 15 or 16 degrees while other forecasts were suggesting highs of 25 to 27 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>They said the problem had persisted for months and claimed the website was displaying almost identical temperatures \u201cday and night\u201d despite much warmer conditions.<\/p>\n<p>A separate complaint asked whether they would be better off deleting the Met \u00c9ireann app altogether after it predicted a less than five per cent chance of rain only for heavy rain to fall while they were cutting their grass.<\/p>\n<p>They asked whether AccuWeather or \u201cthe guy in Carlow\u201d might be more reliable.<\/p>\n<p>Another complained of the lack of a wind warning on a blustery day in June, saying they had seen calmer days in November and that it was \u201cnot good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Met \u00c9ireann response said: \u201cWhile unseasonably breezy, the wind is not forecast to reach levels considered strong enough to trigger weather warnings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One person was unhappy with the colours the meteorological service used for recording how hot it was.<\/p>\n<p>They said nine degrees was marked yellow, which was \u201cnot warm\u201d and that anything below eighteen degrees should be a shade of blue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been very confusing to understand the weather at a glance since the temperature colours changed some time last year,\u201d said their message.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"not-prose no-underline\" data-action=\"click\" data-category=\"Read more article clicked\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/ireland\/burglary-rates-in-ireland-have-fallen-at-one-of-fastest-rates-in-europe-1940553.html\" data-value=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/ireland\/burglary-rates-in-ireland-have-fallen-at-one-of-fastest-rates-in-europe-1940553.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cc-north-inner-city-plan-38-e1694440203672.jpg\" class=\"rounded-sm object-contain bg-transparent z-10 w-full h-full not-prose\" alt=\"Burglary Rates In Ireland Have Fallen At One Of Fastest Rates In Europe\" width=\"278\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Ireland<\/p>\n<p>Burglary rates in Ireland have fallen at one of fastest rates in Europe<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In response, Met \u00c9ireann said the colour scheme used had been changed in 2022 but that they would be happy to review the feedback.<\/p>\n<p>Another lamented the fact that one page of the Met \u00c9ireann app contained no fewer than five spelling errors.<\/p>\n<p>They wrote: \u201cNot the end of the world I know but should be spell-checked at least.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Met \u00c9ireann response said: \u201cApologies for the spelling errors in the Farming Commentary issued yesterday. It has since been updated to fix those on the app and on our website.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The public complained to Met \u00c9ireann about wildly differing temperature forecasts during the summer\u2019s first heatwave, including one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-595109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}