John Hammond (weather forecaster)

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John Hammond (born 1966) is an English weather forecaster for the BBC.

Born in Bosham, West Sussex, Hammond moved with his family to the Cotswolds, where he lived until leaving home to study Geography at the University of Salford before completing an MSc in Meteorology at the University of Birmingham. He subsequently joined the Met Office in 1990.

After a brief spell at Met Office HQ at Bracknell, Hammond started forecasting in February 1991, working at regional weather centres in Nottingham, Bristol and Plymouth. This involved a variety of forecasting work for aviation, local industry, and some local radio too. However it wasn't until the mid-1990s when Hammond started TV weather presenting. He spent around 7 years as a Met Office forecaster at ITV, until joining the BBC Weather Centre in the spring of 2003.