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What happened to Rusty Lord? ›

He started out on WOWT 6 News Daybreak and worked on that show for more than eight years before he was promoted to Chief Meteorologist in July 2016. In 2019, he returned to the Daybreak show as Chief Meteorologist and has been there ever since.

There are currently no severe weather alerts.

On average, Omaha enjoys 214 sunny days per year and experiences 78 days per year with precipitation with about 32 inches of rain per year and 31 inches of snow per year. The warmest month is July with average highs of 88 degrees. And the coldest month is January with average lows of 12 degrees.

Summer brings average temperatures ranging from the mid to high 80s during the heat of the day to the mid-60s at night. In the spring, the average high temperature is around 63 degrees and the average low is about 40 degrees.

David Koeller is a meteorologist for 6 News WOWT, bringing you weather updates in several afternoon and evening newscasts as well as any time severe weather threatens. Weather has been David's passion from age 5 when he witnessed a tornado touch down not far from his home in Colorado Springs.

Serese Cole is excited to join the KMTV morning show. She brings 25 years of broadcast journalism experience to the KMTV News Team, nearly 20 of those years have been in Nebraska. Before coming to KMTV, Serese anchored the morning and midday newscasts at WOWT in Omaha for nine years.

Is the name given to Hall County and Grand Island with the greatest density of tornadoes in the state!

The least desirable place to be during a tornado is in a motor vehicle. Cars, buses, and trucks are easily tossed by tornado winds. DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO IN YOUR CAR. If you see a tornado, stop your vehicle and get out.

A tornado watch tells you to keep an eye out for a possible tornado. Pay close attention to local sources of weather information. A tornado warning means a tornado's been recently spotted in your area.

The all-time low-temperature record in Omaha is -32 degrees set back on January 5, 1884.

What is the hottest it's ever been in Omaha Nebraska? ›

While temperatures fluctuate throughout the year in most U.S. states, there are few states with warm weather that see averages around 70-degree weather year-round. These states include Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and New Mexico.

The City of Lincoln grew 0.8% to nearly 295,000 people. But the City of Omaha continued a three-year population decline, according to the estimates, with a 0.4% dip last year to 483,335 residents.

The Climate in Omaha

Omaha's average winter low temperatures are slightly colder than Chicago's and are usually in the low teens; however, on average, Omaha gets less snow than Chicago annually—about 26.5 inches compared to Chicago's 37.8 inches.

The biggest temperature difference between the two places is that Denver has a warmer average low than Omaha, 50 degrees on average versus 40 degrees.

Lauren Taylor is leaving WOWT in Omaha, Nebraska after five years.

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Chief Meteorologist Emily Roehler joined the 6 News First Alert Weather Team in October 2021 — but it's not her first time forecasting in Nebraska. Emily started her career as the Weekend Meteorologist at NTV News in Kearney, Neb., covering Central Nebraska and North Central Kansas.

Rusty Lord - Senior Chief Meteorologist - WOWT 6 NEWS OMAHA | LinkedIn.