Temperature recorded for runs is ALWAYS incorrect

On every run that is recorded the temperature that is recorded is hours in the past. I can look at the current temperature on my watch and it’ll be 15 to 20° less than what the watch says it should be in the next hour that is coming up. It’s super frustrating when training in the summer when temperature so affects a pace and heart rate. I do not understand how this can be so inaccurate? This should be something very simple to fix, but I think that goes for a lot of the software features that Garmin has support for.

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oBuTTuSo 1 day ago +1 verified

This is external data from some weather service:

This is the the watch internal temperature, or as in my case from my Tempe:

note that you need to enable this recording under each activity
flocsy🤠 4 days ago +1

What you see in Garmin connect is from the nearest weather station
flocsy🤠 1 day ago in reply to P MGI +1

fr965 has a thermometer in it. It measures the inside temperature of the watch. You can check it this way: add the temperature widget, check the temperature it displays, then put the watch into a fridge…
FlowState 1 day ago in reply to flocsy🤠 +1

flocsy said:
fr965 has a thermometer in it. It measures the inside temperature of the watch

To expand on this:

- the temperature sensor exists to support the barometer. It measures the internal temperature…

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0 Narziss 5 days ago

You mean the temperature measured by the watch's sensor which sits on your 37°C / 98°F skin?

0 DeadwoodCS 5 days ago in reply to Narziss

No the temperature that is captured as part of the run itself, aka the outside temp.

0 DeadwoodCS 5 days ago

an example, today went for a run and it was 76 degrees out and when I got home it was 85, but the temp reported was 68. And even when i checked the watch after the run it said it was 70 at 11:56 and when I looked at the forecast it said it would be 85 at 12:00. So comically incorrect, not a huge deal but would be nice to have this be accurate so you account for that when reviewing the data in the future.

0 flocsy🤠 4 days ago

What you see in Garmin connect is from the nearest weather station

0 DeadwoodCS 4 days ago in reply to flocsy🤠

I have read their documentation and know this but it is crazy wrong anytime the temperature is changing rapidly. Again today it records a start temp that was way lower that what is accurate and after the run I look at the current temp and it says it’s 70 degrees while it was 89 outside, this is AFTER I had it reset the location for weather data, it’s just bad like a lot of little things in the garmin universe.

0 P MGI 3 days ago in reply to DeadwoodCS

0 DeadwoodCS 2 days ago in reply to P MGI

Yesterday I looked at the temp on my watch, was 74, I looked for any temp within 100 miles of my location that was equal to this and nothing, no idea where they are getting this data other than it being extremely latent, it was 82 according to apple.

Just is disappointing because this is such an important part of understanding the whole equation of run data, ideally you would see a temp update every 5-10 min of any given activity. By the time I returned it was 90 degrees and the run is recorded at 74.

0 flocsy🤠 2 days ago in reply to DeadwoodCS

It's not clear in which app, what data you looked at, but if it's the temperature that the watch measures, then it's a thermometer next to the battery that measures that area of the inside of the watch that can change depending on the outside temperature, your skin temperature and the temperature of the battery...

0 DeadwoodCS 2 days ago in reply to flocsy🤠

Look up, that was the first question asked and that is NOT what I am asking and frustrated about.

0 flocsy🤠 2 days ago in reply to DeadwoodCS

But there your answer was:

DeadwoodCS said:
No the temperature that is captured as part of the run itself, aka the outside temp.

And here:

DeadwoodCS said:
Yesterday I looked at the temp on my watch

So it's not at all clear where (which app/watch face/widget) you looked, and what it displays (watch inner temp or some data it got via the internet) compared to the "outside temperature" at a nearby weather station (is it using Garmin's built-in or for example Open Weather Map?)