Louise Lear (born 1968, Sheffield) is a BBC Weather presenter, appearing on BBC News, BBC World News, BBC Red Button and BBC Radio. She is also a regular forecaster on the BBC News at Six and was previously a weekend presenter on BBC Breakfast.

Lear graduated from Middlesex Polytechnic in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and Drama, where she studied the clarinet and piano. After a period as a researcher for Children's BBC, she took the job of sports presenter for an independent radio production company, covering amongst other events the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.