Dylan Dreyer

Dylan Dreyer
Title: Contributing Writer
Education: Rutgers University
Location: New York
Expertise: Meteorology, family friendly recipes

Dylan Dreyer is the co-host of 3rd Hour of Today and serves as a weekday weather correspondent and regular co-host for Today and Nightly News with Lester Holt. She is the host of Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer, the winner of 3 Telly Awards, which airs Saturday mornings on NBC. In addition, she co-hosts two weekly radio shows on Sirius XM, Off the Rails with fellow Today co-hosts Al Roker and Sheinelle Jones, and Lunch Date with Dylan and Brian, a joint show with her husband, Brian Fichera. 

Throughout the years, Dylan has reported live for NBC News from some of history’s worst storms, including Hurricane Harvey, Boston’s record-breaking snowfall in 2015 and the North American polar vortex of 2014.  She was also a part of the network’s extensive coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Dylan has just recently launched her second children’s book, Misty the Cloud: Friends Through Rain or Shine, a follow-up to her New York Times bestseller, Misty the Cloud: A Very Stormy Day.  

Dylan joined Weekend Today in 2012 from WHDH-TV, the NBC affiliate in Boston, where she served as the weekday morning meteorologist on Today in New England since 2007. In 2008, she was named Boston’s Best Meteorologist by Improper Bostonian magazine. From 2005 to 2007, she was the weekend meteorologist at WJAR-TV, the NBC affiliate in Providence, Rhode Island, and from 2003 to 2005 she was the weekend meteorologist at WICU-TV, the NBC affiliate in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Dylan graduated cum laude from Rutgers University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology.  During her time at Rutgers, she served as weather anchor for the Rutgers TV network and radio station. She is a recipient of the American Meteorological Society’s prestigious Seal of Approval award.

She resides in New York with her husband and their sons, Calvin, Oliver and Russell, and their dog, Bosco.

Education

B.S. in Meteorology, Rutgers University

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