Today, Tuesday 26 March, marks 90
years since the first daily weather forecasts on BBC Radio. The service began in 1923 and has continued ever since, except for a hiatus during the Second World War.
To mark the event
here’s a clip from the Today
programme on Radio 4 (Tuesday 26 March) featuring former assistant director of the Met Office and member of
the Royal Meteorological Society Stan Cornford, and Helen Roberts, a Met Office
meteorologist.
Hannah Khalil is Digital Content Producer, About the BBC Website and Blog.
See also Nick Higham talking to John Hammond about BBC Weather’s new home at New Broadcasting House.
A history of TV weather forecasts, an account of how radio forecasts are produced and advancements in forecasting are all available via the BBC News and Weather websites.
