Raphael Miranda

Raphael Miranda (born April 26, 1977) is an American meteorologist and weather producer at WNBC television in New York City, New York.

Raphael Miranda
Born (1977-04-26) April 26, 1977
Bedford Hills, New York, United States
Alma mater
OccupationMeteorologist and television journalist

Miranda serves as a weatherman for Weekend Today in New York program, a primary fill-in meteorologist for the weekday newscasts and serves as the host of the Megaphone Interactive Trivia of Saturday Today in New York.

Early life and education

Miranda was born in Bedford Hills, New York, and graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish, with a concentration in Latin American literature, and a Bachelor of Science degree in broadcast journalism from Brooklyn College. Additionally, he earned a geosciences/meteorology degree from Mississippi State University.

Career

He started as a weather intern at WNBC in 2007. Since then he has appeared on national and local networks including MSNBC, CNBC World, News 12 Westchester and now-defunct NBC Weather Plus. Miranda was also an occasional meteorologist for Early Today until Weather Plus shut down in December 2008.

Since 2009, he serves as weatherman of Weekend Today in New York, following the departure of SallyAnn Mosey in 2008 and he also serves as a host of the MegaPhone Interactive Trivia from 2014 onwards since Kaitlin Monte left for WPIX as a traffic reporter for the morning newscast in June of that year.

Awards and memberships

Miranda won a 2011 Emmy Award for Weather coverage of Hurricane Irene.

He is a member of organizations including the American Meteorological Society, the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Miranda holds the National Weather Association's seal of approval.

Personal life

Miranda, his husband and child [1] live in New Jersey.

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Sharknado 2: The Second One himself horror sci-fi comedy disaster television film

See also

References
  1. Miranda, Raphael (January 24, 2014). "NBC-NY's Raphael Miranda on his Homecoming Project Experience". Live Out Loud. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
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