Mike Nelson Bio, Wiki, Age, Wife, Denver7, Net Worth, Salary

Mike Nelson Biography

Mike Nelson is an American Emmy award-winning Meteorologist working at Denver7 News in Colorado. He serves as the Chief Meteorologist. He joined the station in June 2004. 

Mike Nelson Age

Nelson 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 60’s.

Mike Nelson Height

Nelson stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches tall.

Mike Nelson Family

Nelson 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 Nelson has any siblings.

Mike Nelson Wife

Nelson is married to Cindy Nelson for over 39 years. Together they have been blessed with three grown-up children; Christiana, Anders, and Becca, who are also grandparents too; Liam, and Owen. they also have three little pugs – Torq, Tilly, and Ting.

Mike Nelson Net Worth

Nelson has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through his career as a meteorologist.

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Mike Nelson Salary

Nelson earns an annual salary ranging between $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.

Mike Nelson Career

Nelson serves at Denver7 News as a Chief Meteorologist. For 40 years he has forecasted weather on television and for over 25 years he has forecasted weather in Colorado alone. In 1976, he started working at a Madison-based private weather consulting firm specializing in forecasts for ski areas, agri-business, power utilities, and the Wisconsin TV Network after graduating from college.

He has also worked for over 40 other radio and TV stations nationwide. In 1979, he was appointed as Executive Vice President of Weather Central where he supervised a staff of 14 meteorologists. During the Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction, Nelson helped by providing forecasts important to the construction.

Nelson partnered with Terry Kelly, a colleague meteorologist in inventing one of the first computer weather graphics systems for television while he was still in Madison. He installed TV weather computers at over 50 TV stations across the nation from 1979 through 1984 and in 1982 he brought the first weather computer to Colorado and also coached legendary Denver weatherman Stormy Rottman on that system.

Nelson and his family moved to St. Louis In 1985 where he worked at a local station serving as the Chief Meteorologist till 1991. While in St. Louis, he approved candidates to receive the AMS Seal of Approval for Television Weather-casting as he was a member of the  American Meteorological Society’s Board of Broadcast Meteorology. Colorado Broadcasters Association recognized him in 2001 as their “Citizen of the Year” for his volunteer work in Colorado schools, he has also 18 Emmy awards for Outstanding Weather Anchor. When coming to his education, he received a degree in Meteorology from the University of Wisconsin.

Nelson loves sharing his knowledge of weather with both the young and the old, he has spoken to over 750,000 schoolchildren. His Tornado Dance is a much-expected event! In his career. He has written two books, “The Colorado Weather Almanac” and “The Colorado Weather Book” which are local best sellers and can be accessible from Amazon.com.

Mike Nelson Denver7

Nelson is working at Denver7 where he works alongside other famous Denver7 anchors and reporters including;

  1. Meghan Lopez
  2. Jessica Porter
  3. Micah Smith
  4. Nicole Brady
  5. Liz Gelard
  6. Russell Haythorn
  7. Lance Hernandez
  8. Deb Stanley
  9. Jaclyn Allen 
  10. Katie LaSalle
  11. Jayson Luber
  12. Lionel Bienvenu
  13. Troy Renck
  14. Lisa Hidalgo
  15. Eric Lupher
  16. Brian Sanders
  17. Shannon Ogden
  18. Stacey Donaldson
  19. Jason Gruenauer
  20. Anne Trujillo
  21. MollyHendrickson

Mike Nelson Social Media Platforms

Nelson is active on his social media accounts and is often seen posting on his Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. He has over 13k followers on Twitter, over 1k followers on Instagram, and over 21k followers on Facebook.

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