Weather forecaster Met Éireann errors included 10-degree difference in one town

Complaints to Met Éireann range from accuracy — with one person wondering if 'the guy in Carlow' would be more reliable — to spelling errors and the colours used in maps

Fountainstown, Co Cork on June 25, one of the hottest days of the year so far. One complaint to Met Éireann said its website routinely showed temperatures of only 15C or 16C while other forecasts suggested highs of 25C-27C during the heatweaves. Picture: David Creedon

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 26C and sunny when they searched for ‘Tralee, Co Kerry.’