Kathy Orr is one of the most renowned meteorologists in the world who rose to prominence for appearing in the Fox 29 Weather Authority team.
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Personal life
Kathy Orr was born in the year 1965 in the beautiful city of New York. Hence, she holds an American nationality. She was raised by her beloved parents in Geddes, New York. She is fifty-three years of age and has achieved lots of success in her work. Ever since Kathy was a child, she used to do really good in her academics. After graduating from high school, Kathy, like every other passionate scholar, opted for higher studies. She holds a degree in Meteorology from the famous University of New York and a bachelors’ degree in marketing and journalism from Syracuse University.
Kathy Orr has been quite successful in maintaining her love affairs. Her first ever boyfriend is named Peter whom she dated for a long time before tying the knot with him. The couple resides happily in South Jersey and has two kids as well. Kathy and Peter have always shared a very romantic and close relationship which is why they’ve never been apart and there are also no signs of their divorce or any such thing.
Kathy Orr has been very succinct when questioned about her past affairs or private life. Nonetheless, she is very active on social media. She posts a dozens of pictures every week on instagram which keeps her fans updated about her work and life. She is a very low-key personality and doesn’t let the fame and money hinder with her kindness. She interacts with her fans frequently and posts the pictures on her social media.
Career
After receiving a degree in Meteorology from the University of New York, Kathy decided to take her passion to a professional level. She made her debut in KYW-TV in January 2003 wherein she worked as a chief meteorologist along with Marc Howard. Eventually, she began working for various such television shows. As far as meteorology is concerned, Kathy surely is a force to be reckoned with and her countless number of achievements in this field clearly say so.
Kathy is approved by the National Weather Association and by the American Meteorological Society. In addition to that, she is an AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist. During her early days, she has even worked at WCAU-TV as a weekend weather reporter. While at WCAU-TV, Kathy was given the golden opportunity to be a chief meteorologist there once John Bolaris left but the former turned the offer down since she was already presented a better salary from KYW-TV. She worked as a chief meteorologist at KYW-TV. Later on, the offer that was once given to Kathy was taken by Glenn Schwartz.
Kathy Orr has worked with a plethora of organizations. She has also worked with the CBS 3 Weather Team wherein she assisted the team in establishing the “CBS-3 Kidcasters”. She walks around various shopping malls and encourages young kids to do a mock weather forecast. Later, many of the same talented kids were presented live on TV and even invited to do a live broadcast along with Kathy on KYW-TV. Kathy Orr’s unimaginable hard work and persistence towards her work has helped her amass a net worth of $20 million.
Last Modified: Jun 25, 2020