ITV Weather is the national and regional forecast shown on UK terrestrial network ITV, and is provided by the Met Office (except the Channel Islands forecast, which is provided by the Jersey Meteorological Department). Bulletins are usually broadcast after every ITV News and ITV regional bulletin; since March 2022, however, ITV Weather runs as a segment of the ITV Evening News, live from the news studio on weekdays. Emma Jesson is the longest serving forecaster after 30 years with ITV Weather.
National weather The national bulletin launched on the ITV network on 13 February 1989, airing after ITN bulletins which compliments the previous regional arrangements whereby the separate ITV regional licence holders were responsible for providing weather forecasts themselves only for their regional franchise areas.Tricia Williamson (obituary), The Independent, 14 November 2007, accessed 16 February 2020
National weather sponsors The national weather for ITV had commercial sponsors from 1989, as listed in the chart below. ITV Weather on Good Morning Britain and its predecessor GMTV have always had a different sponsorship deal.
Start of sponsorshipEnd of sponsorshipCompany name 13 February 1989 31 December 2007 Powergen 1 January 2008 31 December 2009 esure/Sheilas' Wheels (ITV/STV); Gocompare.com (UTV) 1 January 2010 1 August 2010 Confused.com (ITV/UTV); Specsavers (STV) 1 September 2010 31 December 2010 Topps Tiles 1 January 2011 31 December 2011 The Co-operative Food 1 March 2012 30 April 2014 Seven Seas 1 May 2014 2 November 2014 Vitabiotics (ITV/UTV); Digby Brown Solicitors (STV) 3 November 2014 1 February 2015 Worcester Bosch Group 2 February 2015 21 June 2015 Crizal UV 22 June 2015 3 July 2016 Green Flag 4 July 2016 8 July 2018 SSE (ITV/UTV);Fischer Future Heat (STV) 9 July 2018 7 October 2018 Checkatrade 8 October 2018 31 December 2019 Halfords 1 January 2020 Present Heinz/HP Sauce 2021 Present Piri (Pollen Count)
Regional weather Each region has at least one dedicated presenter. At weekends three presenters cover all of the 15 sub-regions and one presenter covers the national forecast. Currently the weekend hubs are grouped and recorded from the following: Calendar (North/South opts), Granada Reports, ITV News Tyne Tees and Lookaround. MediaCityUK in Salford, Greater Manchester. ITV News Anglia (East/West opts), ITV News Central (East/West opts), ITV News London and ITV News Cymru Wales. Millbank Studios in Millbank, central London. ITV News Channel TV, ITV News Meridian (East/West opts) and ITV News West Country (West/South West opts) Whiteley, Hampshire or Met Office in Exeter, Devon
STV News has a dedicated weekend presenter.
Graphics On 3 October 2016, new graphics were introduced on the National ITV Weather and across all ITV plc-owned regions. These graphics are also used on Good Morning Britain in their weather updates as well as regional news. STV introduced their own new graphics earlier in 2016.
On-air staff
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External links
National Weather at itv.com Anglia Weather at itv.com Border Weather at itv.com Calendar Weather at itv.com Channel Weather at itv.com
Central Weather at itv.com Granada Weather at itv.com London Weather at itv.com Meridian Weather at itv.com Tyne Tees Weather at itv.com
UTV Weather at itv.com Wales Weather at itv.com West Country Weather at itv.com STV Weather at stv.tv