BBC Weather forecasts 16,000 mph winds in Derbyshire before apologising for data issue

It warned of "hurricane force winds" and predicted 300C temperatures in Florida. Fortunately it was all wrong

If you regularly check the weather forecast, you'll likely have a favourite app to use, whether it be Met Office, BBC Weather or Apple Weather. Many will have their favourite to correctly predict the weather in Derbyshire.

It seems the BBC have made a bit of a blunder this morning - either that, or we are all well and truly doomed. The forecast has predicted "hurricane force winds" across Derbyshire and has predicted winds in excess of 16,000 miles per hour in certain places - such as Belper, which is set for record-breaking 16,036 mph winds on Thursday (October 10), According to the BBC.

The error went unnoticed for a while, before a small message at the bottom of the site read: "We're experiencing issues with our forecast data. We're working to resolve it."

Elsewhere in the world, the forecaster has predicted 383C temperatures in the Hurricane Milton-ravaged Florida. Lead BBC meteorologist Simon King addressed the error on social media site X early this morning, assuring followers there was no cause for alarm.

"Oops, don’t be alarmed by some of our @bbcweather app data this morning," King wrote at 6.24am. "Be assured there won’t be 14,408mph winds, hurricane-force winds or overnight temperatures of 404C. It is being looked at and hopefully sorted ASAP."

A BBC spokesperson said: “We’re aware of an issue with our third-party supplier, which means our Weather app and website are wrongly predicting hurricane wind speeds everywhere. That is incorrect and we apologise. We’re working with our supplier to fix this as soon as possible.”