If you searched “Kim Adams” and landed here, you’re most likely looking for Kim Adams, the Emmy-winning Detroit meteorologist who left WDIV Local 4 on July 31, 2026. She was the first woman to forecast the weather on Detroit television, and she spent more than 25 years doing it for Southeast Michigan. This page sticks to what’s documented about her career, education and family, links every major claim to its source, and says plainly where nothing public exists.
Quick answer
- Who: Kim Adams, longtime Detroit TV meteorologist and radio host.
- Known for: Becoming Detroit television’s first female meteorologist in July 1997.
- Latest news: WDIV announced her departure effective July 31, 2026. No reason was given.
- Age: About 55–56 (an estimate worked out from a 2020 magazine profile; her birthday isn’t published).
- Education: Oakland University (summa cum laude) and Wayne State University.
- Net worth and salary: No credible figure exists, so we don’t print one.
- How to read this page: Estimates are labeled as estimates. Everything else links to a named source.
Looking for a different Kim Adams? Other Kim/Kimberly Adamses work in media, including Kimberly Adams of Bloomberg Radio and Kimberly Adams of Marketplace. They are separate people with separate careers.
Key dates at a glance
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| July 1997 | Becomes Detroit’s first female TV meteorologist at WXYZ |
| 2002 | Moves to WDIV (Channel 4) |
| 2005 | Leaves to be a full-time mom; Hurricane Katrina destroys the family’s new home |
| 2009 | Leaves WDIV again; later moves into local TV advertising |
| Sept 2017 | Shares her breast cancer story on air |
| Feb 2019 | Becomes midday host on 98.7 The Breeze |
| Aug 8, 2022 | Returns to WDIV as a weekday meteorologist |
| July 31, 2026 | WDIV announces her departure, effective that day |
Contents
- Quick facts
- What’s confirmed, estimated and unknown
- Early life
- Education
- Career timeline
- The break from TV
- Her return to WDIV
- Leaving WDIV in 2026
- Awards and recognition
- Family and personal life
- Age, birthday and height
- Net worth, salary and income
- What bio sites get wrong
- Where is Kim Adams now?
- How we researched this page
- FAQs
Quick facts
| Detail | What’s known |
|---|---|
| Profession | Meteorologist, radio host, business owner |
| Last TV station | WDIV Local 4, Detroit (left July 31, 2026) |
| Hometown | Mount Clemens, Michigan |
| Education | Oakland University, Wayne State University |
| Certification | American Meteorological Society Seal of Approval |
| Children | Five |
| Company | Kim Adams Productions (she is CEO, per press reports) |
| Age | About 55–56 (estimated) |
| Height, birthday | Not publicly available |
| Net worth, salary | Not publicly available |
What’s confirmed, estimated and unknown
| Item | Status | Source type |
|---|---|---|
| First female TV meteorologist in Detroit, July 1997 | Confirmed | Station bio, news reports |
| Returned to WDIV August 8, 2022 | Confirmed | Station announcement |
| Departed WDIV July 31, 2026 | Confirmed | Station, three news outlets |
| Oakland University and Wayne State degrees | Confirmed; master’s field varies | Station bio, magazine profile |
| Five children | Confirmed | Station bio, her own essay |
| Age about 55–56 | Estimated | Worked out from a 2020 profile |
| Emmy Award | Confirmed as a title; year unknown | Station bio |
| Birthday, height | Unknown | None found |
| Salary, net worth | Unknown (no estimate offered) | None found |
| Reason for leaving WDIV | Unknown | Not disclosed |
| What she does next | Unverified | No announcement found |
Early life
She’s a native of Mount Clemens, in Macomb County, and grew up in Southeast Michigan, according to WDIV’s 2022 announcement. She hasn’t shared much else about her childhood publicly. Her broadcasting start was modest: she began as an intern at WJR Radio in Detroit, per her WDIV bio.
Education
She graduated summa cum laude from Oakland University, ranking third in her class, then earned a master’s degree at Wayne State. Sources disagree on the field: her station bio says Radio/TV & Film, while a 2020 magazine profile describes it as journalism.
She didn’t stop at broadcasting. Tired of being treated as “the weather girl,” she studied atmospheric science at Ohio State and earned American Meteorological Society certification, which few women held in the early 1990s. Her station bio also lists coursework at the USDA Graduate School in Washington, D.C., and a Yale program on climate change and human health.
Career timeline
| Period | Where | What |
|---|---|---|
| Early career | WHIZ-TV, Zanesville, Ohio | First on-air job |
| Early career | WBNS, Columbus, Ohio | Short stint |
| 1997–2002 | WXYZ (Channel 7), Detroit | First female TV meteorologist in the city |
| 2002–2005 | WDIV (Channel 4), Detroit | Meteorologist |
| After 2005 | WDIV | Rehired after Hurricane Katrina |
| 2009 | Left WDIV | Moved into local TV advertising |
| 2019 | 98.7 The Breeze | Midday radio host |
| Aug 2022 | WDIV | Returned as a weekday meteorologist |
| July 31, 2026 | WDIV | Departure announced and took effect |
Her first job paid so little that she drove home to Detroit on weekends to clean houses. That detail rarely shows up on bio sites, and it helps explain her reputation as a practical, no-nonsense forecaster.
The break from TV
She left WDIV in 2005 to be a full-time mother and to join her husband, a Naval officer, in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Hurricane Katrina destroyed the home they had just built. WDIV rehired her afterward, and she left again in 2009 after the birth of her third child, as the Hour Detroit profile tells it.
In her own words, she kept “one foot in the business” while raising her kids (her 2022 essay for WDIV). Radio came next: in February 2019 she became midday host on 98.7 The Breeze with no previous radio experience. She also hosted a faith-and-music program, “Fearless Faith,” on 103.5 WMUZ.
Her return to WDIV
WDIV announced in June 2022 that she would rejoin as a weekday meteorologist across TV, the station website and its streaming channel, starting August 8. The station had been reshuffling its weather team: chief meteorologist Ben Bailey left in 2021, and longtime meteorologist Andrew Humphrey departed in July 2022. Her return came with a new weather brand, 4Warn Weather. Local reports described the gap as about 13 years.
She described herself at the time as a practical forecaster whose job is to get people out the door and through the day with the facts.
Leaving WDIV in 2026
WDIV announced on July 31, 2026 that she would be departing the station that same day. In an email to staff reported by Deadline Detroit, general manager Stephanie Slagle thanked her for serving the community and wished her well. Her agent, Mort Meisner, said she was looking forward to the next chapter of “a storied career” in TV meteorology.
The station did not give a reason. The Detroit News noted that she had told viewers about serious health issues about a year earlier that caused her to miss broadcasts. Details haven’t been made public, and neither she nor WDIV has said whether health played any role in her leaving. We won’t speculate either. The day before the announcement she posted family photos on Facebook with a caption saying her life may change, but her “why” never will, per the same report.
Awards and recognition
- Emmy Award: Station bios and press describe her as Emmy-winning. We couldn’t find the year or category in any source we checked, so we don’t state one.
- Regional awards: WDIV’s 2022 announcement said she’s won numerous awards from the Associated Press and the Michigan Association of Broadcasters for her weather reporting.
- Professional certification: The American Meteorological Society Seal of Approval.
- Historic first: In July 1997 she became the first female on-air television meteorologist in Detroit.
Family and personal life
She has five children: a daughter and four sons. Because several are young or were minors when she wrote about them, we’re not naming them.
A 2020 profile says she was married to a Naval officer, that they divorced, and that she preferred not to discuss why. We aren’t naming her former husband: the only name we found appears on unsourced aggregator sites, and the divorce date those sites give isn’t backed by anything we could verify.
She has also spoken publicly about breast cancer. By her own account she first told the story on air in September 2017, after WDIV colleague Devin Scillian encouraged her for months, and press reports say she had been in remission since 2019. She has used that platform to talk about dense breast tissue and screening. Her station bio says she works with the New Day Foundation for Families, and WDIV’s 2022 announcement said she supports Michigan Humane and the Susan G. Komen cause. She is also a supporter of the Turning Point domestic violence shelter.
One lighter fact: she played a reporter in Scream 4 and delivers the movie’s final line, though she’s never watched the whole film.
Age, birthday and height
Her birthday and height aren’t published by any reliable source. For age, a profile dated April 2020 gave her age as 49, which puts her at roughly 55–56 in late 2026. That’s our arithmetic, not an official figure. Some bio sites say she was born in 1971 without naming a source, which happens to fit the same range.
Net worth, salary and income
There’s no verified net worth or salary for Kim Adams. WDIV doesn’t publish staff pay, and none of the reliable sources discuss it.
You’ll see numbers online anyway, and they don’t agree with each other. Bio sites quote her salary at about $67,123, about $79,500 and about $100,000, and put her net worth at around $1 million. Those salary figures can’t all be true, and none of them cite a contract, tax record or interview. Treat them as guesses.
What can be said: her income has come from TV and radio work, a stretch in local TV advertising, and, according to press reports, her own company, Kim Adams Productions.
What bio sites get wrong
| Common claim | Reality |
|---|---|
| Exact net worth ($1 million) | No source; salary claims on the same sites range from about $67,000 to $100,000 |
| “Currently at WDIV” | Out of date since July 31, 2026 |
| A named ex-husband and a divorce year | Appears only on aggregator pages; the 2020 magazine profile does not give either |
| Exact birth year | Unsourced; our own estimate only fits a range of roughly 1970–71 |
| “Left TV in 2009 to be a stay-at-home mom” and nothing else | She also worked in local TV advertising and radio before returning |
Where is Kim Adams now?
As of the early August 2026 reports, she hadn’t announced her next move, and we found no announcement of a new role between then and early October 2026 (unverified past early August). Her agent has only said she’s looking ahead to the next chapter. If she or WDIV shares an update, this page will be refreshed.
How we researched this page
Every career date and quote above comes from a named outlet: WDIV’s own announcements, trade and local news (Detroit News, Deadline Detroit, New Media Detroit) and a long-form 2020 magazine profile. We did not use celebrity-bio aggregators for any fact. Where two sources disagree (master’s degree field, how the 2009 exit is described), the article says so. Where a fact doesn’t exist publicly (birthday, height, pay), the article says that too.
FAQs
Who is Kim Adams?
An Emmy-winning Detroit meteorologist who became the city’s first female TV meteorologist in 1997 and later hosted radio shows.
Did Kim Adams leave WDIV?
Yes. WDIV announced she would depart on July 31, 2026. No reason was given.
How old is Kim Adams?
About 55–56, estimated from a 2020 profile. Her birthday isn’t public.
Is Kim Adams married?
She was previously married to a Naval officer and later divorced.
How many children does she have?
Five.
Where did she go to college?
Oakland University and Wayne State University.
What is Kim Adams’ net worth?
No credible figure is published. Estimates online contradict each other.
Was she in Scream 4?
Yes, in a small reporter role.
Is she the same Kim Adams who works at Bloomberg?
No. Kimberly Adams of Bloomberg Radio is a different person.
Conclusion
Kim Adams’ story is easy to document: a weather pioneer who left TV, rebuilt in radio, came back to the Local 4 desk, and stepped away again in 2026. Her finances and exact age aren’t public, so treat any net worth figure, including estimates, as unconfirmed.
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Shahzad is the founder and lead writer at WorthRada. He writes about celebrity net worth, biographies, careers, income, and success stories, with a focus on providing clear, well-researched, and reliable information.
