Matt Taylor (meteorologist)

Matthew John Taylor (born 3 June 1976) is an English meteorologist and BBC Weather presenter.

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

Matt Taylor
Born
Matthew John Taylor

(1976-06-03) 3 June 1976
Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
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][3] mainly at the weekends and often forecasts for Radio 4's Today.[4]

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. "BBC Breakfast is on Facebook". Facebook. 18 February 2016.
  4. Robb, Shawn. "Selectors". www.weather-photo.org. Retrieved 23 December 2017.


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