Allison Chinchar is an American meteorologist best known for her weather forecast for CNN. She previously worked for channels like WTVC-TV, where she gained work experience as a night weather forecaster on the weekends. Since 2015, Chinchar started working for CNN as a weather forecaster. Chinchar has also covered some of the most critical weather conditions throughout her career.
Chinchar currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and children while continuing to work for CNN.
Allison Chinchar: early life, career and nationality
Allison Chinchar was born on April 9, 1984 in Mansfield, Ohio, which means that her nationality is American. She graduated from The Ohio State University where she majored in Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences in 2008. After graduation, she began working as a weather reporter actively working on weather forecasting.
Her first job was at WCMH-TV as a daily forecast reporter which was only for a short time. She later collaborated with WTVC-TV where she worked as a creator, host, and producer. Shortly after, she changed her job to WXIA TV in 2012 until she finally settled with CNN in 2015, where she joined as a weather forecaster. She currently works as a weather forecaster for CNN.
Chinchar has covered some extreme weather including the 2010 tornado outbreak, Hurricane Isaac and devastating Ef2 tornado crossing Chickamauga Dam for which he received critical acclaim.
Allison Chinchar: personal life, husband and children
Allison Chinchar is now living her best life. Just like her career on CNN, her personal life seems to be going very well too. She married her husband Mike Bettes who is also a meteorologist in October 2012. They dated for a couple of years and finally decided to get married. They were married in Atlanta, Allison’s hometown. Her husband, Mike, was previously married to NBC meteorologist Stephanie, but they later separated.
After 6 successful years together, the couple is now a proud father. Their first child, a baby boy, was born in January 2015, his name is Landen Benjamin Bettes.
Allison Chinchar: Total Estate
Allison Chinchar has a high-profile career and is doing quite well on the work front. With her background of covering some of the most unique experiences in weather history, Allison surely has an added career advantage for her. However, it is not yet clear what her earnings are in exact figures. But she has a net worth close to a good million dollars in total, as cited by sources.
Allison is active on social media. She is often on Twitter sharing information about her work with her followers and other relevant details. In her Twitter bio, she has proclaimed herself to be a ‘pluviophile’, which is a term used to describe people who love rain.
