Cory Reppenhagen Bio, Wiki
Cory Reppenhagen is an American Emmy award-winning Meteorologist currently working for 9News in Denver Colorado as a Weather Reporter. The year 2001 saw him move to Wichita, Kansas where he was working for the KAKE-10 TV station. This is where he also got to see Kansas supercell thunderstorms come marching across the plains. After this, he was immediately hooked on severe weather and storm chasing which he does to date.
Cory Reppenhagen Age and Family
Reppenhagen who seems to be in his 40s, was born in the United States. However, he hasn’t shared his birth date, month, year, and as well as his parents .
Cory Reppenhagen Height
He stands at an approximate height of about 5 feet 7 inches.
Cory Reppenhagen Education
Reppenhagen is a proud graduate of Manitou Springs High School where he graduated in 1992. He joined Mesa State College (now Colorado Mesa University) in Grand Junction, Colorado where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication in 1999. While studying for the Degree, he got his first job in television news at KJCT-8 and KKCO-11. Later on, while working in Florida for WFTV-9, decided to join the distance learning program at the Mississippi State University to better his career in meteorology. There he earned a Bachelor of Science in Geoscience in 2010.
Cory Reppenhagen Work Experience
After his graduation from high school, he decided not to join college immediately. Reppenhagen got two life experiences which first was a trip to Australia where he went to play baseball for a team representing Colorado. There, he got to live with host families, Down Under, while playing ball and experiencing the great country as a teenager. Additionally, he later went to work for Keystone Resort where he worked for two years. There, he took care of the ice rink and registered more than 100 hits on his ski pass.
Later on, after covering many tornadoes and severe weather outbreaks, he made a decision to move to Florida where he would experience some tropical storms. This timing was perfect as in the year 2004, he was able to cover his first four hurricanes: Frances, Jeanne, Charley, and Ivan. Later in 2005, he covered hurricanes, Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Dennis, and Ophelia.
While in Florida, he was working for WFTV-9. There, his job focus switched from photographing the news to forecasting and reporting on the weather as a meteorologist.
Cory spent 10 years at WFTV in Orlando covering 14 hurricanes and 4 other named tropical storms. One of his most memorable moments was riding a hurricane hunter aircraft into the eye of the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, Wilma, in October of 2005. Another memorable moment was seeing EF-5 tornado damage for the first time in Hackleburg, Alabama. Cory won a Suncoast Regional Emmy award for his coverage of the April 2011 tornado super outbreak across the state of Alabama.
He spent ten years working at WFTV in Orlando where he was able to cover 14 hurricanes and 4 other named tropical storms. Among his most memorable moments, there was riding a hurricane hunter aircraft into the eye of the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, Wilma, in the month of October of 2005. Among other memorable events includes seeing EF-5 tornado damage for the first time in Hackleburg, Alabama.
In addition, he won a Suncoast Regional Emmy award for his coverage of the April 2011 tornado super outbreak across the state of Alabama. At 9NEWS, he is considered the utility infielder of the weather department. Mostly, he is found in the middle of a winter storm or out on the plains chasing down severe weather. He enjoys it when mother nature is at its worst.
He prefers using his background and experience to report on issues like the environment, the atmosphere, and nature. Additionally, Cory is an accomplished forecaster and fills-in in the studio when needed.
Cory Reppenhagen Net Worth
In Reppenhagen’s career as a Meteorologist, he has been able to accumulate a net worth ranging between $1 Million and $3 Million.
Cory Reppenhagen Salary
He earns an annual salary ranging from $35,000 – $100,000.
Cory Reppenhagen Wife and Kids
Reppenhagen is married to his lovely wife, Tiffany whom he met in Orlando where she was a news producer. The couple resides in Fountain with their children. The couple counts it a blessing to have two children, a son, Roman who was born at Winnie Palmer Hospital in 2012. After his birth, the family later decided to return home to the mountains. There, they got their daughter, Sydney who was born in Denver in 2015.
Cory Reppenhagen Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
He is vocal on his social media accounts where he posts frequently. On his Twitter account, he has about 18.9K followers, around 38K followers on his Facebook page, and 3000 followers on his Instagram account.