I was thinking about this and I don't have as much of a problem as some
others with it. Clearly most of us know what a temperature means and
everyone may "feel" different anyway due to their inbuilt resiliances.
For example what feels chilly to most of us will feel absolutely
tropical to Will ;-) Nevertheless most people don't really appreciate
the absolute temperature as much as what they feel. Often my wife come
in and says things like "it's hot out there" and I will retort with "
...it's only 16C actually!" etc. Part of the issue is the lack of general
understanding that temperatures are measured in the shade. How often do
year hear Sports commentators coming out with stuff like it's 120
degrees on court etc.
So taking into account that the public forecasts aren't just for weather
nuts like us I think it is useful at certain times. These might be for
instance when there is strong on shore breeze on an early sunny summer's
day, or early in the year , say late March, when there is strong
sunshine, little wind but the actual temperature is only 7C and so on.
It has its place , "I feel" :-)
Dave