Pete Delkus Bio, Wiki
Pete Delkus is a 19 Emmy Awards-winning American meteorologist working at WFAA-TV, the ABC affiliate in Dallas, TX serving as a Chief Meteorologist. He has been working with this station since June 2005.
Pete Delkus Age
Delkus is 57 years old as of 2023. He was born in Centreville, Illinois United States on the 4th of September 1965. Accordingly, he celebrates his birthday on the 4th of September every year and his zodiac sign is Virgo.
Pete Delkus Height
Delkus stands approximately 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) and weighs around 55 kg.
Pete Delkus Education
For his Education, Pete enrolled at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (SIUE) where he graduated and earned a Bachelor of Science. He also acquired his master’s degree in Meteorology from Mississippi State University.
Pete Delkus Career
Delkus works at WFAA-TV, the ABC affiliate in Dallas, TX serving as a Chief Meteorologist. He specializes in television and digital weather forecasting and reporting. Pete came to the WFAA-TV weather department in June 2005 and quickly earned the respect of the North Texas people by providing timely and accurate forecasts. When there is severe weather- hail, tornadoes, or flash flooding, viewers have come to rely on his steadfast and thorough approach to his work. Since he arrived, Pete has been honored with 19 Emmy Awards for weather anchoring and special show hosting. He is board-certified by the National Weather Association and the American Meteorological Society.
Turning to his degree in Radio/Television communications, Pete accepted a job as a meteorologist for four years at WFTV, the ABC affiliate in Orlando, Florida. From 1996 to 2005, he served also as the chief meteorologist at WCPO-TV, the ABC affiliate in Cincinnati, Ohio. Pete made his mark in Cincinnati as the “severe weather leader” via his exclusive reportage of the deadly Tornado of “99. He earned many honors during this tenure including a couple of first-place Associated Press (AP) Awards for best frequently scheduled weather.
Pete is proud of his small-town, Midwest parenting and attributes his job values, ethics, and easygoing personality to it and his parents. It is there he commenced his long history as an outstanding athlete. As an All-America pitcher, he had an all-star college profession including a trip to the college World Series. After college in 1987, Delkus signed with the Minnesota Twins organization. He enjoyed a successful occupation earning a few awards including the Rolaids Relief Man and the “Minnesota Twins Minor League Player of the Year”. His occupation ended prematurely due to a serious elbow injury.
On one day off, Pete enjoys spending his leisure time with his family. Pete is also an avid outdoorsman who loves fishing, hunting, and anything that embraces being outside – including his daily workouts and runs with his four Brittanys.
Pete Delkus Net Worth
In Pete’s career as a meteorologist, he was able to amass a net worth ranging between $1 Million-$ 5 Million.
Pete Delkus Salary
Delkus acquires annual earnings that range between $ 107, 975, and $ 245, 165.
Pete Delkus Parents and Siblings
Delkus was born and raised by his devoted parents in Centreville, Illinois United States. He is the son of Mr. Delkus and his wife. Growing up, Pete sang solos with his mom in church. Besides this, Pete has not disclosed any further information about his parents or siblings if he has any.
Pete Delkus Wife
Delkus is married to Jacque. The duo has been together for a while now.
Pete Delkus Kids
He and his wife, Jacque have two children namely a daughter, Emily, and a son Peter.
Pete Delkus Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
Delkus is vocal on his social media accounts where he posts often. On his Twitter account, he has about 434.8K Followers around 195K followers on his Facebook page, and 9,921 followers on his Instagram account.
Pete Delkus WFAA
Delkus works at WFAA where he works alongside his fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;
- Megan Mitchell
- Jobin Panicker
- Kevin Reece
- Mariel Ruiz
- Rebecca Lopez
- Greg Fields
- Susanne Brunner
- Hannah Davis
- Adriana De Alba
- Tanya Eiserer
- Demond Fernandez
- Sean Giggy
- Cleo Greene
- Jesse Hawila
- Matt Howerton
- Cynthia Izaguirre
- Jonah Javad
- Steve”Scoop” Jefferson
- William Joy
- Chris Lawrence
- Mike Leslie