Tom Coomes Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Family, Wife, WBND, Net Worth, and Salary

Tom Coomes Biography

Tom Coomes is an American Meteorologist working for WBND serving as the chief meteorologist since his promotion in June 2014. He joined the station as a morning meteorologist in January 2011. Before joining the station in 2011, he worked as a morning meteorologist at KJCT News 8 in Grand Junction, Colorado

Tom Coomes Age

Coomes 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.

Tom Coomes Height

Coomes stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 7 inches.

Tom Coomes Family

Coomes was in Little League in North Liberty and hockey in the IYHL while growing up in Michiana. When summer came he went to Lake Manitou in Rochester at one set of his grandparents’ house and spent winter sledding at the other set’s house in South Bend.

His grandfather was a PhD physics professor at the University of Notre Dame. Even so, he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not if Coomes has any siblings.

Tom Coomes Wife

Coomes married Lauren on March 9, 2024. On March 18, 2024, he shared news of his marriage via a tweet captioned “…Lauren and I got married SAT • MAR 9 • 2024 in Chicago…” When he is free, he loves the outdoors, traveling, gardening, grilling, and craft beer. He frequents the South Bend Farmers Market in the summer, one of the local breweries on a Friday night, or is on the bicycle on sunny days.

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Tom Coomes Net Worth

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

Tom Coomes Salary

Coomes earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.

WBND

Coomes is working at WBND alongside other famous WBND meteorologists, anchors, and reporters including;

  1. Brian Conybeare
  2. Tim Spears
  3. Summer Horan
  4. Julianne Grohowski
  5. Dante Stanton
  6. David Caulfield
  7. Amber Twardy
  8. Emmett Twomey
  9. Allison Hayes

Tom Coomes Education

Coomes attended Purdue University in 2002 and in 2006 graduated with a Bachelor Of Science degree in Atmospheric Science and Meteorology. He worked with the Purdue University Meteorological Association while in college. He played high school football at South Bend Washington.

Tom Coomes Career

Coomes has been working for WBND as the chief meteorologist since his promotion in June 2014. He joined the station as a morning meteorologist. Following his graduation from college, he kickstarted his career in Grand Junction as a news anchor, did daily forecasts, and reported. He was a little bored in Grand Junction since there was a lack of tough weather.

Coomes joined a newly established news station in South Bend. He welcomed the change in the region since it’s known to have 100 inches of snow, severe weather, temperatures 20° below zero in winter, and everything in between.

Coomes’ love of science comes from his grandfather who was a PhD physics professor. His grandfather helped him with his first-grade science project, light and the color spectrum. At first, he thought of being a chemist in college but later picked meteorology since it mixed his two talents, talking and science. Not only is he passionate about the weather but also about informing the public.

Tom Coomes Social Media Platforms

He is active on his social media accounts and often posts on his Facebook and Twitter. He has over 6.6K followers on Facebook and over 3.9K on Twitter.

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