BBC Weather Application Wrongly Shows Wind Speed 18,995 Mph In The UK

The planned BBC Weather app is inaccurate. (photo: x @kayaburgess)

JAKARTA On Thursday morning, October 10, British citizens were shocked by the unusual weather forecast of the BBC Weather app. The app shows wind speeds 150 times stronger than Hurricane Milton due to data errors.

The widely used app estimates wind speeds reach 18,995 mph in some parts of the UK, including London and Edinburgh. These errors sparked confusion on social media, with many users wondering about the seemingly unreasonable forecast.

A user X, named Larky McRory, posted a screenshot of the app showing wind speeds of 18,995 mph and wrote, "Pulang the BBC weather app, you get drunk. The wind speed is about 37 mph."

Meanwhile, Hurricane Milton, which hit Florida, United States, was recorded as a Category 3 storm with a maximum wind speed of 120 mph (195 kph), well below the figures displayed by the BBC app.

BBC Weather immediately responded by ensuring to the public that no storm winds would hit Britain that day, and the wind that occurred was just an ordinary gust typical of autumn.

"Don't worry, no storm will come to Scotland today, and Edinburgh will not see wind gusts of 17,246 mph! There is a big mistake in the data entered into the app," BBC Scotland Weather wrote on X.

The BBC Weather app also featured a banner announcement saying, "We are having problems with forecast data. We are trying to fix it." Several temperature reports were also found to be wrong and BBC Weather has apologized for the error.

The incident reminded some social media users of the moment in 1987 when UK weather presenter Michael Fish assured viewers that reports of the upcoming storm were inaccurate, just hours before major storms hit the country.