Darren Sweeney Bio, Wiki, WVIT, Age, Education, Height, Family, Wife, Children, and Career

Darren Sweeney Biography

Darren Sweeney is a skilled American journalist currently working at WVIT as a Meteorologist forecasting every weekend morning. Sweeney attended and graduated from Central Connecticut State University where earned his Bachelor’s degree

Darren Sweeney Age

How old is Sweeney? His age is currently not available, research is ongoing will update it as soon as it is available. He is around 45 years old.

Darren Sweeney Education

Sweeney attended and graduated from Central Connecticut State University where earned his Bachelor’s degree and enrolled to earn his Master’s degree at Syracuse University’s highly regarded Newhouse School of Communication. In 2003, he graduated from Mississippi State University’s Broadcast Meteorology program.

Darren Sweeney Height|Weight

Sweeney stands on an average height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs around 70kgs

Darren Sweeney Family|Parents

He was born in Connecticut and raised in West Hartford, he is happy to be forecasting for the station he grew up driving by and watching almost every day, however, he has not revealed information regarding his family members.

Darren Sweeney
Darren Sweeney

Darren Sweeney Wife|Married

Sweeney likes to keep his personal life private, hence he has not disclosed information about whether he is in a relationship or not.

Darren Sweeney Children

He likes to keep his personal life private, hence he has not disclosed information about whether he has children or not.

Darren Sweeney WVIT

In 2008, Sweeney joined the First Alert forecast team in October and has recognition from the American Meteorological Society (AMS) with their seal of approval, as well as the National Weather Association (NWA) along with their seal of approval.  He was born in Connecticut and raised in West Hartford, he is happy to be forecasting for the station he grew up driving by and watching almost every day.

His passion for weather started at a young age through all of New England’s wild weather extremes. His family knew he was enchanted by storms because when everyone was going inside to take shelter, he would grab a video camera and go outdoors!
 
Sweeney won two Associated Press awards for coverage of historic flooding in October 2005 and Best Weathercast in 2006. In addition, he also reported living during severe weather events, most recently the massive flooding that took place along the Merrimack River in May 2006.  More recently, he won a “Breaking News” award from the Connecticut Society for Professional Journalists for his coverage of the 2009 EF-1 Wethersfield tornado.

He acquired experience forecasting severe weather and chasing hurricanes for WFTX-TV in Fort Myers, Fla., wherein a couple of instances, he was deployed to New Orleans to help sister stations cover Tropical Storm “Isidore” and Hurricane “Lilly” in 2002 before returning to New England.

Darren Sweeney Career|Meteorologist

While in NBC CONNECTICUT, he has covered some of the biggest storms of his career.  Furthermore, he was a part of the team that forecasted during Superstorm Sandy, and Hurricane Irene as well as many tornado touchdowns.

Sweeney attended and graduated from Central Connecticut State University where earned his Bachelor’s degree and enrolled to earn his Master’s degree at Syracuse University’s highly regarded Newhouse School of Communication. In 2003, he graduated from Mississippi State University’s Broadcast Meteorology program.

He works on the board of the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists.  Sweeney volunteers his time at many events raising money and awareness for different types of cancer research.  He is also involved with helping homeless animals find good homes. His motto is “Adopt Don’t

Darren Sweeney Salary

He has an estimated salary ranging between $70,000 – $125,000.

Darren Sweeney Net Worth

He has an estimated net worth of $1 Million -$5 Million which he earned from his broadcasting career.

Darren Sweeney Social Media Platforms

Sweeney is very active on social media platforms and has over 15.5k followers on Twitter, 2k followers on Instagram, and over 4k followers on Facebook.

Frequently asked questions about Darren Sweeney

Who is Darren Sweeney?

Sweeney is a skilled American journalist currently working at WVIT as a Meteorologist forecast every weekend morning. Sweeney attended and graduated from Central Connecticut State University where earned his Bachelor’s degree

Is Darren Sweeney Married?

Sweeney likes to keep his personal life private, hence he has not disclosed information about whether he is in a relationship or not.

Where does Darren Sweeney Live?

This information is currently under review and will be updated as soon as it is available.

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