It was not until late August 2026, after an altogether too hot summer, when the temperature regularly soared past 35C, that the Met Office’s meteorologist Annie Shuttleworth told the country that a shift was coming. (You may recognise her if you have ever seen her on a Met Office video forecast, or even if you have seen her quoted in a national weather report on GB News).
As the interest in Annie Shuttleworth has increased with that media exposure, people have started asking all the same questions. Who she is, where she works, and how much of what appears online about her is accurate. This article focuses on fact and what is not.
Annie Shuttleworth’s route into the Met Office
A profile on the broadcast-industry website. She joined the Met Office in 2018 and worked as a meteorologist. She subsequently had a number of forecast roles and gained experience in the transport, commercial and aviation sectors. Her Heathrow time was identified by the profile as her standout role.
That information about her time at Heathrow is the most fascinating thing written about her early career. The profile doesn’t tell us what she was doing each day. Embedded forecasters are generally a little bit of a go-between the first forecast and the individuals who really need to settle on the call. At an airport, that decision-maker needs to know wind direction, visibility, low cloud, and how precisely the storm is timed.
A handful of lightly sourced profile pages share some job titles and date ranges for her – press officer, service delivery manager, etc. – but none of those sources link to anything that appears to be primary. Those items are better left unverified for now until the Met Office or Shuttleworth provides confirmation.
On camera: Storm Lilian and the winter deep dive
The Met Office’s own channels are by far the most obvious evidence of her position in public life. When Storm Lilian hit in 2024, the Met Office urged people to stay on top of the storm via its video channel, and directed viewers to the latest forecast from Annie Shuttleworth.
Another came in March 2026. The Met Office posted an apparently informative “deep dive” video explaining how winter 2026, with persistent rain and very little sunshine, stacked up against recent winters and the role of climate change. It credited Shuttleworth as the scientist explaining it.
That second example demonstrates the role she plays. A storm bulletin is a breaking story, but a seasonal brief allows a presenter to contextualise a bleak-sounding winter without overstating each season as evidence of trends. It’s a fairly precise skill, and it implies that the organisation has confidence in her expertise for all the explanatory content as well.
She has a tiny footprint in the entertainment industry. On the film and TV credentials site IMDb, she’s only listed as herself on To the Point, the series, in the role of a Met Office meteorologist. She is neither an actor nor a traditional TV personality. Her LinkedIn is from work.
Is Annie Shuttleworth a GB News presenter?
Here’s where search results get lost. A broadcast industry profile says she’s a weather presenter on GB News. A GB News profile says she’s a weather presenter on both GB News and the Met Office. The language is important: Other meteorologists from the Met Office – including Alex Deakin, who has appeared on GB News and 5 News on behalf of the Met Office – are listed as appearing on the programmes in which Shuttleworth has appeared.
It seems most probable that Shuttleworth was hired to appear on the channel by the Met Office. If that is the case, she would be a Met Office forecaster delivering the weather on another person’s screen. Neither organisation specifies the contract details in the sources we have, so take this as a plausible assumption, rather than fact.
Why her name surfaced during summer 2026
Context can assist. It was very much the summer of love, and more people wanted weather forecasts. The Met Office‘s summary of the June heatwave pointed out how over 150 weather stations set their own June maximum temperature records, in addition to “tropical” nights (ie warm nights). As of August 9, the UK hit 35 days at 30C or more in 2026 – another record.
Nevertheless, the national media were still coming to Met Office forecasters for truth in plain English. Within the last days of August, a national radio station and news report said Shuttleworth had delivered news of a “change on the way throughout next week” and that “more unsettled conditions are expected into the last week of August”. No more talk of drought or heatwaves- that was the type of quote people wanted, and that can be one explanation why her name trended.
It’s worth being wary about what this does and doesn’t reveal: It shows she is a real, working Met Office voice being quoted in national coverage in 2026. It doesn’t reveal she has headlined any of the famous heatwave warnings or record announcements. These have come from different named members of the Met Office team.
What isn’t confirmed about Annie Shuttleworth
Since her fame escalated rapidly, the rest of the content is very poor. Searches about her name return many pages predicting her age, partner, family, net worth, and even a book-style biography. The majority of them are filled with clickbait articles and have conflicting reports about her studies and the dates she attended.
Using verified sources, I was not able to find anything on her age, birthplace, family, relationship status, or educational information. Salary or net worth data are also not verifiable, and as a salaried forecaster, she has probably not written anything. If you run into any of this info presented as a fact, without a primary source, just consider it unverified.
Her not talking about herself isn’t that surprising. Many forecasters have been private about their lives, and the Met Office’s materials have always been about the forecasts rather than the people who make them.
The short version
Annie Shuttleworth is a Meteorologist with the Met Office, whose career so far, within the scope of being able to verify, begins with a 2018 trainee, continues through forecast positions in transport, commercial and aviation fields, and finally to frequent on-screen appearances. Her forecast videos, storm updates and winter explainers are hosted on the Met Office’s channels, and she is featured on GB News as part of the organisation’s television work. In 2026, she is being quoted in the national press on the weather.
Additionally, the blunt truth is that much of what goes around her is speculation. And the more her work is shown to the public, the more it’s a good idea to see what the Met Office has to say.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS)
Who is Annie Shuttleworth?
A meteorologist by training, Annie Shuttleworth has worked in several forecasting roles at the Met Office and is an official Met Office Meteorologist at the UK’s National Weather Service. Having joined the team in 2018, Annie is also featured in live presentations of daily weather forecasts and explainer videos, and is quoted by national outlets on weather stories.
Does Annie Shuttleworth work for GB News?
Weather presenter Annie Shuttleworth is appearing on GB News, as shown in a profile of the industry and the channel’s own description. But there are other Met Office staff, including Alex Deakin, who are shown on the channel as appearing on GB News for the Met Office. She is probably still working for the Met Office.
When did Annie Shuttleworth start at the Met Office?
Annie Shuttleworth’s Met Office journey started in 2018 when she was based at the Met Office to train as a Meteorologist. She has been in a range of forecasting roles since, including transport, commercial and aviation forecasting. Sitting in at Heathrow was a career highlight. Other role titles listed on other pages have not been confirmed.
What Is Annie Shuttleworth Age And Marital Status?
We haven’t known about any valid talk on her age, birthday, identity, ethnicity, or dating. Pages that claim to have exact data must have a reference to something, but that really isn’t necessarily the fact, and as you’re free to try, the info is often in contradiction with each other.
What is the best place to watch Annie Shuttleworth forecast?
The easiest is via the Met Office’s own video channel, which has featured her storm updates and forecast videos for the week. Examples include her Storm Lilian forecast 2024 and a deep dive into winter from March 2026. You may also see her on GB News.
