Editing Today (American TV program) (section)

====Weather anchors====
For the program's first 25 years, weather reports were delivered by the host or newsreader. Dave Garroway illustrated the day's forecast by drawing fronts and areas of precipitation on a big chalkboard map of the United States, based on information gathered earlier in the morning from the [[National Weather Service]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] Subsequent hosts John Chancellor and Hugh Downs dropped the chalkboard weather map concept, and instead read a prepared weather summary over a still image of a weather map. When the show converted to all-color broadcasts in 1965, weather maps were prepared and projected on a screen behind Frank Blair, who delivered the forecast immediately after his news summaries.<ref>{{cite book |title=Today: The First Fifteen Years |publisher=National Broadcasting Company |year=1967}}</ref> Following Blair's retirement on March 14, 1975, Lew Wood took over the newsreader and weather reporting duties (using Blair's format). When Floyd Kalber became newsreader in 1976, Wood was relegated to weather, sports, roving reporter assignments, and presenting live on-air commercials until his departure in 1978.

The weather is reported every half-hour during the program's first two hours, though since Al Roker was named weather reporter on January 26, 1996, an interview is conducted by him in place of the national weather forecast at least once during the show, leaving only the local weather inserts by NBC stations.

Prior to Roker, ''Today'' weather reporters were [[Bob Ryan (meteorologist)|Bob Ryan]] (1978–1980) and [[Willard Scott]] (1980–1996). Until Ryan's hiring, no one on the show had practical experience or academic credentials in [[meteorology]]. With NBC's purchase of [[The Weather Channel]] in 2008, personnel from that network frequently participate in ''Today'' forecast segments, at the site of a weather event or from the cable channel's suburban [[Atlanta]] headquarters, or as a fill-in for Roker. This lasted until 2018 when TWC was acquired by [[Entertainment Studios]].

NBC [[owned-and-operated station]]s and [[network affiliate]]s are given a 30-second window to insert a local forecast segment into the program following the national weather report; Roker's outcue for the local break is "That's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods," although in recent years, this outcue was used during only starting the second half-hour. During the first half hour, Roker simply uses "your local forecast" which appears after a 30-second commercial. Those not watching on an affiliate which provides local weather segments following the outcue (including international viewers, as well as NBC stations that do not have a news department) see a national summary of temperatures on a weather map.

The semi-retired Scott, who gained fame through his antics that included costumes and props,<ref>{{cite news |title=Star Weatherman: Willard Scott A Huckster For All Seasons |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/05/business/star-weatherman-willard-scott-a-huckster-for-all-seasons.html?pagewanted=all&pagewanted=print |first=N.R. |last=Kleinfield |work=The New York Times |date=April 5, 1987}}</ref> still appeared on-air to continue his tradition of wishing "happy birthday" to [[centenarian]]s. Scott's traditional local cue was "Here's what's happening in your world, even as we speak." He retired completely from television on December 15, 2015.