Steve LaPointe Biography

Steve LaPointe is an American meteorologist working for WRGB as the chief meteorologist since he was promoted in February 1995. He forecasts on CBS6 news Mondays through Fridays at 5, 5:30, 6, and 6:30 p.m., the 10 p.m. newscast on CW15, as well as at 11 p.m. on CBS6. He joined the station on April 22, 1991, as the morning and noon meteorologist.

Steve LaPointe Education

LaPointe joined Penn State University after finishing his high school education. In 1989, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology.

Steve LaPointe Career

LaPointe has worked for WRGB as the chief meteorologist since he was promoted in February 1995. He forecasts on CBS6 news Mondays through Fridays at 5, 5:30, 6, and 6:30 p.m., the 10 p.m. newscast on CW15, as well as at 11 p.m. on CBS6. His text and video forecasts also air on cbs6albany.com.

LaPointe’s interest in the weather started when he was a young child growing up in Big Flats, New York, outside of Corning. He used to run outside during thunderstorms. That interest blossomed after he witnessed firsthand the blizzard of ’78 in southern New Hampshire, Hurricane Belle in southern New England in 1976, and the flood of June 1972 caused by the torrential rains from former Hurricane Agnes, the most devastating floods on record in the Northeast.

After receiving his degree, LaPointe launched his TV career as an emergency fill-in guy for WMUR in Manchester. Within two weeks after serving WMUR, WSAV hired him as a full-time weather reporter in Savannah in February 1990. He then joined CBS6 news on April 22, 1991.

Steve LaPointe WRGB

LaPointe has worked for WRGB as the chief meteorologist since he was promoted in February 1995. He forecasts on CBS6 news Mondays through Fridays at 5, 5:30, 6, and 6:30 p.m., the 10 p.m. newscast on CW15, as well as at 11 p.m. on CBS6. His text and video forecasts also air on cbs6albany.com.

As WRGB’s chief meteorologist, LaPointe has engaged his viewers with precise weather forecasts, crucial severe weather coverage, and special educational weather programming for the past twenty-five years. Upon joining the station, he initially worked as the morning and noon meteorologist alongside Jack Aernecke, and then Ed O`Brien.

During his time at WRGB, LaPointe developed the initial locally produced forecast product on the Internet in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy market in February 1996. To this day, he still maintains a market-exclusive online historical weather database, which includes daily climate briefs and notable storm summaries for the area centered on Albany dating from May 1988 to the present.

LaPointe also designed and administers WeatherNet 6, an innovative and market-exclusive online weather watcher project, which went live in 1999. Besides broadcasting, he works as a full member of the American Meteorological Society, obtaining the AMS Television Seal of approval in 1991. He obtained the organization’s CBM (Certified Broadcast Meteorologist) Seal in April 2007.

Awards

During his career, LaPointe has won multiple awards, including the 1993 New York State Associated Press Outstanding Newscast Award for broadcasting the blizzard of 1993. He won another New York State Associated Press Best Newscast Coverage Award in 1995 for broadcasting the severe weather outbreak on Memorial Day, which caused the devastating family of tornadoes that impacted Hillsdale and Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

LaPointe won a nomination for a New York State Emmy Outstanding On-camera Achievement Award in the spring of 1999 for his continuous broadcast of the Mechanicville-Stillwater tornado outbreak on Memorial Day 1998. That coverage helped inform and safeguard residents during the event.

LaPointe won a 2004 New York State Emmy Outstanding Educational Programming Award for his role in establishing the half-hour severe weather special, Storm Warning, that aired in the spring of 2003. He then worked as a co-producer, director, and writer of Storm Warning 2 in the spring of 2004, winning him a New York State Broadcasters Best Educational Program Award. In 2014, he won a nomination for a New York State Emmy Award for broadcast excellence in the category of weather.

Steve LaPointe Age

LaPointe was born in Germany but likes to keep his personal life private and hence has not yet disclosed the year and month he was born. It is, therefore, not known when he celebrates his birthday. However, he might be in his 50s.

Steve LaPointe Height

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

Steve LaPointe Family

LaPointe’s parents worked in the military, where his father was a captain in the army. At the time of LaPointe’s birth, his parents were stationed in Germany. After he was born, his parents lived there for the first six months of his life before they moved to the U.S. He has Polish, French, and Canadian roots. His mother’s maiden name is Dembinski while his father has French Canadian roots.

Steve LaPointe Wife

LaPointe is very private about his personal life; therefore, it is not known if he is in any relationship. There are also no rumors of his being in any past relationship with anyone.

Steve LaPointe Net Worth

LaPointe has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 million – $5 million, which he has earned through being a meteorologist.

Steve LaPointe Salary

LaPointe earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.

Steve LaPointe WRGB

LaPointe is working at WRGB, where he works alongside other famous anchors and reporters, including;

1. Craig Adams
2. Sean Cavanaugh
3. Nicolas Dubina
4. Sam Israel
5. J.T. Fetch
6. Greg Floyd
7. Lara Bryn
8. Briana Supardi
9. Emma Quinn
10. Olivia Jaquith
11. Julia Dunn