Chris Nestman Biography
Chris Nestman is an American Anchor, Reporter, and Meteorologist working for KIFI, serving as a meteorologist, reporter, and anchor. He has been working for the station since August 2024, after working as a morning meteorologist and reporter at ABC News 4|WCIV in Charleston, South Carolina, for 3 years.
Chris Nestman Age
Nestman likes to keep his personal life private; hence, he has not disclosed the date, month, or year in which he was born. However, he might be in his 30s, judging from his appearance.
Chris Nestman Height
Nestman stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 7 inches.
Chris Nestman Family
Nestman has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight; hence, he has not disclosed any details about his parents. It is also unknown if Nestman has any siblings.
Chris Nestman Wife
Nestman is a married man with a daughter, Hannah Grace. Hannah was born on April 25, 2024, weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces, and is 2 years old as of 2026. On April 26, 2024, WCIV congratulated the couple on the safe birth of their daughter in an article on their official website.
During his free time, Nestman loves swimming, storm chasing, hiking, skiing, trying new restaurants, and spending time with his wife and daughter playing board games and video games.
Chris Nestman Net Worth
Nestman has an estimated net worth of between $1 million-$5 million, which he has earned through his successful career as an Anchor, Reporter, and Meteorologist.
Chris Nestman Salary
Nestman earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Chris Nestman Education
Nestman joined Brigham Young University in 2011 after completing his high school studies. In 2014, he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism. Nestman furthered his studies at Mississippi State University in 2015, obtaining his Broadcast Meteorology Certificate in 2018.
Chris Nestman Career
Nestman is working for KIFI, serving as a meteorologist, reporter, and anchor for Local News 8. He serves the station part-time as he pursues a commercial pilot license. He hopes to work for an airline that flies transoceanic flights.
Nestman is a certified meteorologist by the National Weathercasters Association. He has been a broadcaster for a decade, launching his career at KIFI in January 2015. In 2017, he moved to Charleston, South Carolina, where he was a weather forecaster and multimedia journalist for WCIV ABC News 4.
Following his time in South Carolina, Nestman was a meteorologist at KTUL in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He then returned to WCIV ABC News 4, where he spent 3 years as a morning meteorologist and reporter.
During his career, Nestman has covered several severe weather and disaster events, including the May 2019 Tornado Outbreak, the Blackridge Wildfire of 2016 in Eastern Idaho, as well as Hurricanes Irma and Florence in 2017 and 2018 in South Carolina.
Nestman also covered the 2021 Southern Plains cold snap in Oklahoma, the deep freeze that shut down the Texas power grid for a week. He also covered Hurricanes Ian in 2022 and Idalia in 2023 in South Carolina.
When the weather gets crazy, he can be spotted in a car driving toward the storm. He had multiple opportunities to storm chase while in Oklahoma. The footage he shot of a tornado in Kansas appeared on ABC World News.
Chris Nestman Social Media Platforms
He is active on his social media account and often posts on his Facebook, which has over 1.8K followers.