John Michael Hammond (born 9 April 1966) is a meteorologist and an English people, English Weather forecasting, weather forecaster for the BBC. For a long time he could be seen presenting weather forecasts on the BBC News (TV channel), BBC News channel, BBC Red Button and BBC World News. He was the main weather presenter on ''BBC News at One'' and on the ''BBC News at Ten'', ''Countryfile'' and ''BBC News at Six''. At the weekend he also presents the weather on BBC Radio 5 Live. He is currently presenting for the BBC in Birmingham, including the regional news programme ''Midlands Today''.

Early life and education

Hammond was born in Bosham, West Sussex,Staff (17 December 2009).
"John Hammond"
BBC Weather; retrieved 15 January 2013. "John was born in Bosham, West Sussex on 9 April 1966." the son of a farmer. After taking an interest in the weather from the age of four, he studied geography at the University of Salford, followed by meteorology at the University of Birmingham.

Career

After a brief spell at the Met Office headquarters in Bracknell, Berkshire, 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. He spent around seven years presenting the weather at ITV (TV network), ITV until joining the Met Office, BBC Weather Centre in the spring of 2003. He also appeared on the BBC quiz show ''Celebrity Mastermind'' in 2012. He left the BBC at the end of March 2017 and now runs Weather Trending with Sara Thornton Hammond is a massive fan of English rock band Status Quo (band), Status Quo and he went on stage with the band playing with his guitar and went on the Ark Royal to watch the band play live on stage to promote their album Heavy Traffic (album), Heavy Traffic. Hammond joined BBC Radio 4 in March 2019 as a continuity announcer.

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