# Minimum Temperature **URL:** \ **Category:** Tempest Owners\ **Created:** [September 27, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/minimum-temperature/9557 "2020-09-27T08:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trial\_Master](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/trial_master/32/9794_2.png) [@Trial\_Master](https://community.tempest.earth/u/Trial_Master)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/minimum-temperature/9557/1 "2020-09-27T08:37:34Z")
How is the headline minimum temperature of 8c calculated? The lowest overnight temp is 13c according to hourly figures, this aligns with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology 12c. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/sws/original/2X/f/fa31dea887c24ca5ff6f8f54cd7c8bcbeb64ba41.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![GaryFunk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/garyfunk/32/5729_2.png) [@GaryFunk](https://community.tempest.earth/u/GaryFunk)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/minimum-temperature/9557/2 "2020-09-27T09:06:25Z")
It’s a Forecast. In other words, its a guess as to what it might be. ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/peter/32/1365_2.png) [@peter](https://community.tempest.earth/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/minimum-temperature/9557/3 "2020-09-27T11:09:42Z")
@Trial_Master I think there is a bug here. I also see that the hourly forecast temperature does not drop below 13c, so I can’t see how the daily forecast minimum could be 8c ---
**Author:** ![Trial\_Master](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/trial_master/32/9794_2.png) [@Trial\_Master](https://community.tempest.earth/u/Trial_Master)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/minimum-temperature/9557/4 "2020-09-27T11:09:45Z")
Thanks Gary. What are the hourly figures based on out of curiosity? ---
**Author:** ![Trial\_Master](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/trial_master/32/9794_2.png) [@Trial\_Master](https://community.tempest.earth/u/Trial_Master)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/minimum-temperature/9557/5 "2020-09-27T11:10:57Z")
Thanks Peter, it didn’t make a bunch of sense to me either. ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/peter/32/1365_2.png) [@peter](https://community.tempest.earth/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 11:12am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/minimum-temperature/9557/6 "2020-09-27T11:12:20Z")
~~To be honest I also don’t see a 23c in your hourly forecast (the highest is 21c), so it’s not clear why the daily maximum is 23c.~~ I am going to tag @corrineb who will be able to look into this/explain our misunderstanding after the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Trial\_Master](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/trial_master/32/9794_2.png) [@Trial\_Master](https://community.tempest.earth/u/Trial_Master)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 11:13am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/minimum-temperature/9557/7 "2020-09-27T11:13:55Z")
It’s 21:13 here now, so I’m guessing that was based on earlier today maximum temperature? ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/peter/32/1365_2.png) [@peter](https://community.tempest.earth/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 11:14am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/minimum-temperature/9557/8 "2020-09-27T11:14:54Z")
Good point! I forget that the hourly forecast values disappear as the day passes, but the daily values remain. ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/peter/32/1365_2.png) [@peter](https://community.tempest.earth/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/minimum-temperature/9557/9 "2020-09-27T11:17:22Z")
So could there have been an 8c value between midnight and now as that would also explain the 8c minimum? ---
**Author:** ![Trial\_Master](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/trial_master/32/9794_2.png) [@Trial\_Master](https://community.tempest.earth/u/Trial_Master)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/minimum-temperature/9557/10 "2020-09-27T11:22:40Z")
The minimums here currently are more 12-15c definitely not 8c. Be good to find out where the 8c came from though. ---
**Author:** ![sunny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/sunny/32/16368_2.png) [@sunny](https://community.tempest.earth/u/sunny)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/minimum-temperature/9557/11 "2020-09-27T12:07:25Z")
i think there actually might be a problem. I reported the same thing with the max temperature here [Temperature forecast](https://community.tempest.earth/t/temperature-forecast/9462), but it that case it could perhaps still be valid. But together with your lows not matching the hourly, it is getting a bit strange. ---
**Author:** ![corrineb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/corrineb/32/12_2.png) [@corrineb](https://community.tempest.earth/u/corrineb)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/minimum-temperature/9557/12 "2020-09-28T19:03:41Z")
@Trial_Master We are taking a closer look at things now. I’ll keep you posted. ---
**Author:** ![14quaioui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/dfb087/32.png) [@14quaioui](https://community.tempest.earth/u/14quaioui)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/minimum-temperature/9557/13 "2020-09-29T07:00:54Z")
Came from the front now over NZ.