Chris Shaffer biography
Chris Shaffer is a renowned Emmy Award-winning American meteorologist. He currently serves as chief meteorologist for WCCO-TV, the station he joined in 2006.
Chris was born and raised in Stillwater, Minnesota. He then attended the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, pursuing a degree in Meteorology and Mass Communication.
He is an Emmy Award-winning meteorologist as well as a proud member of the American Meteorological Society. In addition to his accolades, he was awarded the AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) designation.
In his career, Shaffer has worked for several cable networks. For example, you may have seen him predict the weather on KMSP FOX and WFTC/UPN 29. Furthermore, he has worked on radio stations like KOOL108, BOB100 (as Blaze Bodean), 104.1 The Point (as Cheeks), Cities 97 , K102 (as Jack Wilde and himself), or KTLK.
Various events that happened to his family members really made Chris passionate about his career. Everything he does is out of passion. One of the events involves his uncle being struck and killed by lightning while farming in southern Minnesota.
Another scenario was when his family’s vehicle was chased by a tornado near Maplewood, Minnesota. Also, one December, as her family was on their way to their grandparents’ house, they spent the night snowing at a church in Winthrop, Minnesota, praying that the blizzard would subside so they could get to Redwood Falls and unpack their presents.
Chris Shaffer Age
How old is Chris Shaffer? Chris is around 59 years as of 2021. However, he has always kept his personal life private. This made it difficult for us to establish his age and date of birth. However, we are interested in details. Once it’s made public, we’ll update it right away. Thank you for being part of oneworldinformation.com.
Chris Shaffer Height
Chris is of moderate height and weight. We promise to update you with your precise measurements as they become available to us.
Chris Shaffer’s Wife
Shaffer is happy married for his wife Gloria Shaffer. The duo is blessed with tthree daughters; twin daughters born in 2002, and a daughter born in 2003.
Chris Shaffer family
Chris and Gloria have family members in all of the Twin Cities. It was always fun for him to broadcast across the region with his family in Pipestone, Willmar, St. Cloud, Sartell and Blooming Prairie, just to name a few.
Furthermore, he lives with his wife Gloria and two kids. For him, Minnesota is the best home.
Chris Shaffer Net Worth
Chris has an estimated net worth of approx. $1 million – $5 millionabout. This is mainly achieved through his career as a meteorologist.
Chris Shaffer Salary
As a meteorologist working at WCCO, Chris earns a annual salary ranging from $83,378 to $97,994.
Chris is quite active on social media. He often posts on his Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts. Just for an update, Shaffer has 1k+ Instagram followers, 14k+ Twitter followers, and 13k+ Facebook followers.
