BBC Weather
BBC's department in charge of broadcasting weather forecasts
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| October 2024 | A technical fault with DTN data supplier caused the BBC Weather website and app to display incorrect wind speed and temperature forecasts, significantly misrepresenting meteorological information. |
| February 6 2018 | BBC Weather switched its weather forecast provider from the Met Office to MeteoGroup after 94 years of continuous service by the Met Office, following an open competition. |
| January 22 2018 | BBC Executive Michael Burnett published a blog post about weather service changes, which received over 1000 mostly critical comments within 10 days, indicating significant public dissatisfaction with the new weather service design. |
| August 2016 | MeteoGroup (now part of DTN) was chosen as the new weather forecast provider after a competitive tendering process. |
| August 23 2015 | BBC announced the termination of the Met Office contract for weather forecasts, stating a legal obligation to ensure best value for license fee payers. |
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