ITV Weather

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ITV Weather
Company typeTV weather forecasts
GenreUK weather
Founded13 February 1989 (1989-02-13)
Founder ITV Network
Headquarters
Millbank, central London
,
England
Area served
United Kingdom
Key people
 Manali Lukha
(Head of Weather)
Parent ITN, Met Office
Divisions ITV Regional Weather
Website itv.com/weather

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.

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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. [1]

National weather sponsors

The national weather for ITV has had commercial sponsors from the outset, as listed in the chart below. ITV Weather on Good Morning Britain and its predecessors have always had a different sponsorship deal.

Start of sponsorshipEnd of sponsorshipCompany name
13 February 198931 December 2007 Powergen [2]
1 January 200831 December 2009 esure/Sheilas' Wheels [3] (ITV/STV);
Gocompare.com [4] (UTV)
1 January 20101 August 2010 Confused.com [5] (ITV/UTV);
Specsavers [6] (STV)
1 September 201031 December 2010 Topps Tiles [7]
1 January 201131 December 2011 The Co-operative Food [8]
1 March 201230 April 2014 Seven Seas [9]
1 May 20142 November 2014 Vitabiotics [10] (ITV/UTV);
Digby Brown Solicitors [11] (STV)
3 November 20141 February 2015 Worcester Bosch Group [12]
2 February 201521 June 2015Crizal UV [13]
22 June 20153 July 2016 Green Flag [14]
4 July 20168 July 2018 SSE [15] (ITV/UTV); Fischer Future Heat [16] (STV)
9 July 20187 October 2018 Checkatrade
8 October 201831 December 2019 Halfords [17]
1 January 2020present Heinz/HP Sauce [18]
2021presentPiri (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:

Regional weather sponsors

As with the National ITV Weather, the regional weather forecasts for ITV licence holders have commercial sponsors. These are currently:

RegionalSponsor
Anglia Greater Anglia
Border United Utilities
Calendar TUI
Central Octopus Energy
Channel Lloyds Bank International
Granada United Utilities
London (Weekday) Octopus Energy
London (Weekend) Vaillant Group
Meridian Vaillant Group
Tyne Tees TUI
UTVGrant Heating
Wales TUI
Westcountry Vaillant Group
STV TUI

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. [19] STV introduced their own new graphics earlier in 2016. [20]

On-air staff

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  7. ↑ "About us - 2010: We sponsor the ITV Weather". Topps Tiles. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
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