Jim Cantore is one of the most popular and richest Meteorologist who was born on February 16, 1964 in Beacon Falls, Connecticut, United States. A meteorologist who was one of the famous experts in the field as well as the spokesperson for The Weather Channel. He was the host of the weather segment in NBC at the 2012 Summer Olympics at London.
He has substituted on He has filled in for Al Roker on The Today Show multiple times since 2008. on The Today Show multiple times since the year 2008.
A native of Beacon Falls, Connecticut, who was raised in White River Junction, Vermont, Cantore graduated from Lyndon State College in 1986. The Weather Channel gave him his first job out of college in July of that year and he has worked there ever since. Cantore has become one of the most well-known meteorologists on television. Algis Laukaitis of the Lincoln (Nebraska) Journal Star has referred to Cantore as the “rock star of meteorologists”.
Jim married Tamra Cantore (née Zinn), whom he met while at TWC. Their marriage produced a daughter Christina (born in 1993) and a son Ben (born in 1995). Tamra has Parkinson’s disease and both children have Fragile X syndrome. Jim and Tamra divorced in 2009. Cantore does charitable work for both diseases, supporting FRAXA, the Fragile X Research Foundation, and the Parkinson’s Unity Walk. He also contributes his time to Make-a-Wish Foundation events around the country and he has also served as a celebrity cabinet member with the American Red Cross. Cantore has been dating Andrea Butera, of CNN, since 2010.
His wife and he, Tamra Cantore, are parents of one son, who is named Ben along with a daughter named Christina.
