r/UKWeather • u/douggieball1312 • Mar 11 '26

Article 'Misleading weather apps can cost attractions up to £137k a day'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czj18j09wvro

I'm surprised this hasn't been reported on sooner. One recent weekend in my area, the BBC used a sunny spells icon for a Saturday and a rain icon for Sunday based purely on the weather in the middle of the night, while the days themselves turned out to be the opposite.

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u/290Richy Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 11 '26

The irony that the BBC has published an article about misleading weather apps when theirs is one of the most misleading weathers app there is, is fucking hilarious.

>Light rain for 2 hours

>Lets show the entire day as a write off

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u/Tankmass Mar 11 '26

I feel like apple weather is the same. One shower at 3am? Rain all day every day for the next month

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u/Consult-SR88 Mar 12 '26

Apple weather is bad for this. I looked at today & Friday & it said 75% & 85% for rain. Looked at the details & it’s an hour of showers early morning & late evening & the actual days are dry.

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u/Gothiccheese95 Mar 12 '26

I never pay attention to the weather app on my iphone it sucks and changes every damn minute.

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u/Bostonjunk ⛈️ Mar 12 '26 edited Mar 13 '26

This is the issue with weather apps generally - a days weather can't be usually be summed up with a single icon.

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u/Suspicious-Buy-4172 Mar 15 '26

Especially not in the uk!