R. Clayton Brough
Geographer & Climatologist, M.S.
Professional Experience:
Geography and Journalism Teacher, Eisenhower
Jr. High School, Taylorsville, Utah, 1986-present
Geography Instructor, Brigham Young
University, Geography 120, 1989-present
Geography Instructor, Brigham Young
University, Geography 130, 2008-present
Geography Instructor, University
of Utah, Geography 5700,
2005-present
President, Richard Brough Family Organization
(RBFO), Bountiful, Utah, 2001-present
Director, World
Records for Schools, Taylorsville, Utah, 2004-present
Climatologist and Weathercaster, ABC4-KTVX
TV, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1980-November 2008
Assistant Director, Utah
Center for Climate and Weather, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2003-November
2008
Meteorology Instructor, 4th Grade Science Curriculum Specialist, UBE via
BYU, 2001
Meteorology Instructor, Teacher Certification Class, UBE via BYU, 1988-1996
Science Teacher, Springville Junior High School, Springville, Utah, 1975-78,
1984-85
President, International Genealogy Consumer Organization, West Valley
City, Utah, 1980-1992
Climatologist and Weathercaster, WeatherBank Inc., and KUTV, Salt Lake
City, Utah, 1978-1980
Scientific Publications: (as author, co-author or webmaster)
Utah Center
for Climate and Weather (UCCW) - Assistant Director
and Co-Webmaster, 2003-November 2008
Sego, Utah (1901-1955), Canyon Legacy Journal, DOLCC Museum, Moab, Utah,
Spring 2004, 6p.
Utah's Tornadoes
and Waterspouts: 1869-2005, NWSFO., S.L.C., Utah, 30p.
Utah's Weather and Climate, Publishers Press, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1996,
245p.
Utah's Comprehensive Weather Almanac, Publishers Press, Salt Lake City,
Utah, 1987, 517p
Western Utah Climatography,
Cenozoic Geology of Western Utah, UGA, SLC, UT, 1987, 28p.
Utah Weather Guide, Society for Applied Climatology, West Jordan, Utah,
1983, 46p.
Utah's Weather, WeatherBank Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1979, 284p.
Mosida, Utah: Past,
Present and Future, Press Publishing Co., Provo, Utah, 1974, 70p.
Education:
Post-Graduate (Advanced) Research in Climatology, Brigham
Young University, 1978-1989 (38 semester hours)
M.S., Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1975, Geography
B.S., Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1974, Geography (English
minor)
Teaching Endorsement in Gifted and Talented (GT) Instruction, Utah State
University, 2001-2002
Teaching Endorsement in English as a Second Language (ESL), Weber State,
2001-2002
Recognitions:
Outstanding Community Service Award, Taylorsville City,
Utah, 2006
Honored Alumni Award, David
O. McKay School of Education, B.Y.U., Provo, UT., 2004 (2005,
p.20) Video
of Speach
AMS
Seal of Approval for TV Weathercasting, American Meteorological Society,
1985-November 2008 (Retired)
Excel (Excellence in Teaching) Award, Granite Education Foundation, Salt
Lake City, Utah, 1990
Special Interests:
Genealogical, Historical
and Family History Research
Attempting
World Records...holder, participant or producer of several World Records,
including:
World's
Largest Slide Rule (Guinness World Records, 1978)
World's
Largest Pan Loaf of Bread (Mormon World Records, 1987)
World's
Longest Paper Clip Chain (Guinness World Records, 2004)
World's
Fastest Human Conveyor Belt (Altnerative World Records, 2005)
World's
Longest Balloon Chain in One Hour (Alternative World Records,
2005)
World's
Longest Straw Chain (Guinness World Records, 2006)
World's
Longest Wobble BHoard Ensemble (Guinness World Records, 2007)
Personal News Stories:
"Clayton
Brough's 30 Years on Utah Television (and Retirement from TV), VIDEO -
ABC4-KTVX-TV, Nov.23, 3008
"Clayton
Brough and His Son Battle Lymphoma", VIDEO - ABC4-KTVX-TV,
May 22, 2007
"Clayton
Brough's Surgery fixes Heart Holes and Migraines", VIDEO - ABC4-KTVX-TV,
Jan.26, 2007
"Weatherman's
Optimism Shines Through", Davis County Clipper, October 2005
"Clayton
Brough: A Look Back on 25 Years in Television", VIDEO - ABC4-KTVX
TV, June 2005
"On Television: Forecast - Mostly Sunny", Standard Examiner,
May 29, 2005
"The
Storm facing Brough is now a Personal One", Deseret News,
July 2, 2004
"Weatherman's also a Man of Letters" & "Clayton Brough's
Ten Books", Deseret News,
Feb.1, 2003
Brough Retires after more than 30 Years on Television
News Release, November 3, 2008
"Clayton
Brough's 30 Years on Utah Television (and Retirement from TV), VIDEO -
ABC4-KTVX-TV, Nov.23, 3008
Clayton Brough, well-known for his "8-14
day" weather forecasts and one of the nation's few "broadcast
climatologists", will retire from KTVX-ABC4 by the end of November
2008, after spending more than 30 years on television and presenting thousands
of weather forecasts.
Brough, who is 58
years old and survived cancer in 2004, says he recently made the decision
to retire from television in an effort to "conserve my energy, preserve
my health, and spend more time with my wife, children and grandchildren."
Brough worked at KUTV-2
from 1978 to 1980. In July 1980, he began working full-time at KTVX-ABC4,
and since 1986 he's been Channel 4's weekend climatologist and weather
forecaster. His more than 28 years of weather broadcasting on one television
station places him in a unique crowd--as only a few television anchors,
weather forecasters or sportscasters have ever enjoyed such a long run
on one television station.
Over the past thirty
years, Brough has also worked as a full-time public education teacher,
consulted and written extensively on Utah's weather and climate, served
as an adjunct university instructor in geography at Brigham Young University
and the University of Utah, and been president of one of the world's largest
ancestral family history organizations. "After many years of working
multiple jobs seven days a week, I'm getting older and slower," Brough
said, "and I want to spend more time with my wife and family, and
pursue more family history work." He says, "I will miss my television
family, friends and viewers, and I greatly appreciate their years of support
and encouragement; but I'm now putting my broadcasting days behind me,
and I plan on spending the next several years teaching weather, climate
and geography to my secondary and university students."
Brough's last day
on KTVX-ABC4 will be Sunday evening, November 23, 2008.