Matt Taylor
English meteorologist and BBC Weather presenter

Matt Taylor

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English meteorologist and BBC Weather presenter
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3 June 1976
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Cardiff University
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Matt Taylor (born 3 June 1976 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England) is an English meteorologist and BBC Weather presenter.

Early life

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 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's a regular weather forecaster on BBC Breakfast, mainly at the weekends and often forecasts for Radio 4's Today.