Matt Taylor (meteorologist)

Matt Taylor is an English meteorologist and BBC Weather presenter.

For other people named Matt or Matthew Taylor, see Matthew Taylor.

Matt Taylor
Born
United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
EducationBSc (Hons) Cardiff University
Open University
OccupationMeteorologist
EmployerBBC
TelevisionBBC Weather

Early life

Originally from Blackburn, Lancashire, Taylor was raised in Glasgow. Taylor has a degree in City and Regional Planning from Cardiff University where he studied before working for a local council in Lincolnshire. In the next couple of years, Taylor took physics and mathematics courses through the Open University in order to improve his chances of gaining a place on the weather-forecasting programme at the Met Office College.

Broadcasting career

Having worked as a Met Office meteorologist since 1998, Matt joined the BBC Weather team[1] in 2004, originally working at the Cardiff weather centre. He now broadcasts across a range of BBC outlets, including BBC One, BBC News, BBC World News, Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 4 and 5 Live. He is a regular weather forecaster on BBC Breakfast,[2] mainly at the weekends and often forecasts for Radio 4's Today.[3]

References
  1. Heart stopping moment for BBC weatherman
  2. "BBC News: Matt Taylor hits back at BBC Breakfast host 'I'm OFF'". 21 December 2018.
  3. Robb, Shawn. "Selectors". www.weather-photo.org. Retrieved 23 December 2017.


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