"Cold special report" circulated on the Internet, today the temperature began to drop to 14°C on the 5th (Tuesday); 12°C on the 6th (Wednesday); 7°C on the 7th (Thursday); 7°C on the 8th (Friday) 9th (Saturday) 9°C." After verification, the rumor was the weather forecast on January 5th last year.

(Picture taken from Facebook, "TFC Taiwan Fact Checking Center" website)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] Recently, a message circulated on the community platform saying, "Cold snap report, the temperature began to drop to 14°C on the 5th (Tuesday) today; 12°C on the 6th (Wednesday); 12°C on the 6th (Wednesday); ) 7°C; 8th (Friday) 7°C; 9th (Saturday) 9°C." After verification, the fact-checking agency pointed out that the rumor is the weather forecast for January 5, 2021, which is outdated information, so is an error message.

The "Fact Check Report" released by "TFC Taiwan Fact Check Center" today (7th) pointed out that a message has been circulating on social platforms and communication software since the 6th, saying, "[Cold Current Special Report] Today's 5th (Tuesday) temperature starts to Drop to 14°C; 6th (Wednesday) 12°C; 7th (Thursday) 7°C; 8th (Friday) 7°C; 9th (Saturday) 9°C; 10th (Sunday) ) 11°C, please keep warm! I wish you good health!"

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The verification center has observed that the number of readers reporting this rumor has risen in a short period of time, and a certain number represents the concern of the public and is spreading rapidly.

The review center also checked Facebook and found that several people were sharing the message.

First of all, the inspection center also interviewed the Meteorological Bureau today. The Meteorological Bureau stated that the cold air this week has not reached the intensity of a cold current, but is just a general northeast monsoon pattern. The temperature in Taiwan is between 17°C and 25°C. In the south, morning and evening are different, but it does not reach below 10°C as rumored.

In addition, the inspection center found rumors that "Tuesday the 5th", but this year, December 5th is Monday, which shows that it is not recent.

The inspection center further used "Tuesday, 5th" as the keyword to check the calendars of winter months in recent years, speculating that the rumors refer to January 5, 2021, and January 5 of that year is a Tuesday.

The Bureau of Meteorology also confirmed that the weather pattern in the week of January 5 last year reached the level of cold snap, and the temperature conditions were in line with the rumors.

Based on the above determinations, the inspection center concluded that the rumors are outdated weather information, so they are false information.