Chikage Windler Biography

Chikage Windler is the Chief Meteorologist at CBS Austin, where she forecasts the weeknight weather. With more than two decades of meteorological experience, she also makes featured appearances on national television shows, including Good Morning America on ABC.

Chikage Age

Windler became forty-nine years old lately and marks her birthday on November 10. November 10, 1974 is her birthday.

Chikage Windler’s Weight and Height

Windler weights between 50 and 70 kg and stands five feet seven inches tall—about 1.7 meters.

Educational Background

Completing magna cum laude at the University of Oklahoma, Chikage got her B.S. in Meteorology and B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. During her academic years, she also actively participated in tornado chasing under the VORTEX-95 project at the National Severe Storms Laboratory.

Windler Nationalities and Ethnicities

Chikage is half-Japanese and of mixed race, having American nationality.

Windler Family

Chikage was reared by committed parents in Tornado Alley, Oklahoma. She half-Japanese, and her parents decided to call her after a Japanese actress. Her siblings are not specifically named, hence it is uncertain whether she has any.

Windler Husband and  Children

Married to Jamie Windler, Chikage has two kids, Austen and Zailey. Adopted from the Central Texas SPCA, the family also comprises a dog called Skipper.

Chikage Windler’s career

Chikage Windler, the Chief Meteorologist of CBS Austin, actively forecasts the weeknight temperatures at 5, 6, 6:30, and 10. Having more than twenty years of meteorological expertise, she has been on ABC World News in New York City and Good Morning America. Beginning her career in Tulsa in the Weather Department of KOTV while high school, she has subsequently worked in Indianapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Boston, Washington, DC, Dallas, and Norfolk, Virginia.

Windler, an Emmy-award winner, has the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) title from the American Meteorological Society and the Seal of Approval from the National Weather Association. Austin Monthly Magazine called her Best TV Personality in 2017; the Texas Associated Press gave her weathercast First Place the same year.

From the University of Oklahoma, Windler obtained magna cum laude degrees in broadcast journalism and meteorology. She sought tornadoes during the VORTEX-95 experiment at the National Severe Storms Laboratory while in Norman.

Windler participates in communities outside of meteorology. She emceed and attended hundreds of community events across Central Texas, volunteers for groups including Girlstart, Keep Austin Beautiful, and the Austin Parks Foundation, and sits on the board of the OU Club of Austin and the Central Texas SPCA. She is a committed runner having finished the Austin Distance Challenge and Marathon.

Salary and Net worth

Chikage Windler earns an Annual salary of approximately $ 89,000 – $ 97,000 and has an estimated net worth of $ 1.25 million