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Francis Wilson

Francis Wilson

Sky News weather presenter Francis Wilson is one of television’s most instantly recognisable and best loved weather forecasters.  He recently won the accolade of Best Live Weather Presentation on TV in Europe, at the European Conference of Applied Meteorology in Madrid. 

A chartered meteorologist of the Royal Meteorological Society, Francis has been a television weather forecaster for over 20 years, including three years with Thames Television and ten years with the BBC. Francis was the first to introduce satellite movie sequences into weather broadcasts. He introduced the nation to the electronic ‘paintbox’ weather images, replacing the old stick-on icons. He was also the first to introduce predictive hour-by-hour weather graphics. Since joining Sky, Francis has won the coveted title of Best Television Weather Presenter – Worldwide at the International Television Weather Forecasters Festival in 1995, 1997, 2000 and 2003.

As a highly respected meteorologist, Francis was invited to Morocco by Richard Branson in 1998, to advise the entrepreneur on meteorological conditions for his Global Challenge Balloon attempt.
A BSc graduate in Physics from Imperial College, he is also the author of seven books, his most widely read entitled The Great British Obsession [1990].

His laid-back, informal on-air style has led to perhaps his greatest achievement to date – being called “the coolest man on the planet” by no lesser authority than rock legend Rod Stewart and the "daddy of weather broadcasters" by the Observer.