Chad Merrill Biography
Chad Merrill is an American Meteorologist and columnist working for WOAY-TV serving as chief meteorologist since March 2023. He previously worked for WTOP as a weekend meteorologist.
Chad Merrill Age
Merrill likes to keep his personal life private hence he has not yet disclosed the date, month, or year he was born, however, he might be in his 40s.
Chad Merrill Height
Merrill stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 8 inches.
Chad Merrill Family
Merrill has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if Merrill has any siblings.
Chad Merrill Wife
Merrill is very private about his personal life therefore it is not known if he is in any relationship. There are also no rumors of Merrill being in any past relationship with anyone. When he is not working, you are likely to find him listening to early 70s, 60s, and 50s oldies music.
Chad Merrill’s Net Worth
Merrill has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million and $5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as a Meteorologist/columnist.
Chad Merrill Salary
Merrill earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Chad Merrill Education
Merrill attended PennWest California in August 1998 where he attained a bachelor’s degree in Meteorology in May 2002. While studying, he was a member of the Meteorology Club, International Club, and Phi Sigma Pi Honors Fraternity.
Chad Merrill Career
Merrill works for WOAY-TV serving as chief meteorologist since March 2023. He first joined WOAY-TV in December 2022 as a freelance meteorologist a position he held up to March 2023 when he was promoted to the position of chief meteorologist.
As WOAY-TV’s chief Meteorologist, he is responsible for producing live weather updates for the morning and evening newscasts and coordinating severe weather coverage with the news anchors. In addition to this, Chad manages the weather staff schedules and Assists the weather staff with forecast decision support and ways to improve on-air performance. As the freelance meteorologist at WOAY-TV, he produced live and recorded weather forecasts and Updated weather content on social media platforms.
In addition to his work at WOAY-TV, Chad has been working as a Monthly Weather Columnist at The Monroe Watchman since July 2023. While here, his role involves producing a monthly weather outlook column specifically for West Virginia’s Greenbrier Valley.
Additionally, Chad is working for Cumberland Times-News as of 2024 as a part-time columnist where he joined in November 2020. At Cumberland Times-News, Merrill produces a monthly weather outlook column and provides hyper-local weather forecast details for significant weather occurrences expected to affect Western Maryland and the Potomac Highlands. In addition to this, Merrill works as a part-time meteorologist at WTHU Cool Oldies 1450 AM since January 2020. While here, he produces monthly video weather outlooks for the station’s website.
Additionally, Chad has been working for Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack since November 2019 as a part-time Weather Prognosticator. While here, he produces long-range weather forecasts and content for the annual publication. Moreover, he also works at Nowcast Weather Radio Network as a part-time Radio Meteorologist and has been working for the station since April 2019. At Nowcast Weather Radio Network, Chad works as the weather forecasts and news broadcasts producer for various low-powered FM radio stations in the U.S.
Initially, Merrill worked for WTOP in Washington D.C. as a Weekend meteorologist. He worked for the station from July 2022 to November 2023 after working for WHAG-TV(now WDVM). At Wtop, his roles included Producing live and recorded weather segments as well as producing weather content for the web and reporting stories that relate to weather.
Before joining WTOP, Merrill served as the Senior Meteorologist for AEM from August 2008 to March 2023. His roles at AEM included Producing client-specific forecasts and producing hyper-local energy alerts that identify increased heating or cooling demands for clients. In addition to this, he produced content for WeatherBug.com, led summer and winter seasonal outlooks, and Quality-control data from our array of weather sensors.
Before joining WTOP, he served as the weekend meteorologist in Hagerstown, Maryland at WHAG-TV(now WDVM). Merrill kickstarted his career as a fill-in weather and news producer in 2003 at WJAC-TV in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
Chad developed his weather forecasting interest at a young age because of the changes in weather conditions in the mountains of western Maryland where he was brought up. He recalls the 1993 and January 1996 blizzard and also the 1998 Frostburg, Maryland, tornado.
Chad Merrill Leaving WTOP
Merrill worked for WTOP in Washington D.C. as a Weekend meteorologist. He worked for the station from July 2022 to November 2023 after working for WHAG-TV(now WDVM). His roles included Producing live and recorded weather segments as well as producing weather content for the web and reporting stories that relate to weather. He left WTOP to continue with his roles in other stations.
Chad Merrill WTOP
Merrill is working at WTOP where he works alongside other famous WTOP meteorologists, anchors, and reporters including;
- Liz Anderson
- Ralph Fox
- Heather Gustafson
- Jenny Glick
- Stephanie Gaines-Bryant
- Nick Iannelli
- Sarah Jacobs
- Mike Murillo
- Dan Ronan
- Dick Uliano
- Del Walters
- Jordan Evans
- Briana Bermensolo
- Steve Prinzivalli
- Mike Stinneford
Chad Merrill Social Media Platforms
He is active on his social media accounts and is often seen posting on his Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. He has over 149 followers on Twitter.