Matt Taylor (meteorologist)

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

Matt Taylor
Born	Matthew John Taylor (1976-06-03) 3 June 1976 (age 49) Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Nationality	British
Education	BSc (Hons) Cardiff University Open University
Occupation	Meteorologist
Years active	1996–present
Employer	BBC
Television	BBC 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]