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Nina Ridge

Biography

Nina grew up in East Sussex and Kent, but left the South East to study Mathematics at Leeds University followed by a year’s post-graduate training in Bristol to qualify as a secondary school teacher.

After a couple of years of teaching, she left to join the Met Office in 2000. Having qualified as a meteorologist, she joined the national team of weather presenters at the ±«Óãtv Weather Centre in 2001.

She spent 15 years presenting the weather across ±«Óãtv national and international media outlets, including for ±«Óãtv World, the News at 10 on ±«Óãtv1, and the Today programme on Radio 4.

Having moved back to Kent where she now lives, she joined the team at ±«Óãtv South East in 2016. She presents the weather part-time alongside teaching mathematics at a local secondary school.

Nina has four children and is a keen masters athlete, competing at both track and field disciplines.