If you watch ABC11 Eyewitness News before work, Kweilyn Murphy is the person telling you what the day looks like. She grew up near Pittsburgh, got her start in production at the station behind Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, went back to school for meteorology, and forecast in Pittsburgh, Greenville, and New Orleans before landing in Raleigh-Durham in 2021.
Most pages about her are copied from each other and fill the gaps with made-up numbers. This one doesn’t. Where something is documented, you’ll get the source. Where it isn’t public, you’ll get a plain “not public.”
Quick answer Who she is: TV meteorologist on ABC11’s First Alert Weather team in Raleigh-Durham, from the Pittsburgh area. On air: Weekdays 4:30–7 a.m. and at 10 a.m., per the station’s bio (checked October 2026; unverified for any change since). Age: Around 45 or 46. Her birth year is roughly 1980. Her exact birthday isn’t public. Education: Broadcast journalism degree (sources disagree on the school, details below) plus a meteorology certificate from Mississippi State University. Not confirmed anywhere reliable: husband, children, salary, net worth, exact birthday. Any figure you see online for money or height is an unsourced estimate.
Table of Contents
- Who is Kweilyn Murphy?
- Early life
- Education
- Career timeline
- Her route, step by step
- Why she left New Orleans for Raleigh
- What she does at ABC11 today
- How old is Kweilyn Murphy?
- Is she married? Does she have children?
- Salary and net worth
- Height, ethnicity, and social media
- Life outside the studio
- What happened to Kweilyn Murphy?
- How to sanity-check bio pages like this one
- Key facts
- FAQs
Who is Kweilyn Murphy?
She’s a broadcast meteorologist on ABC11 (WTVD). The station’s bio calls her a Pittsburgh native and says her weather career has taken her through her hometown, Greenville (NC), and New Orleans, which she calls her second home.
Her background is the interesting part. Plenty of TV forecasters come up through weather. She came up through production, left to study meteorology, and only then started forecasting on air.
Early life
She’s from West Mifflin, a Pittsburgh suburb, according to a 2010 profile in the New Pittsburgh Courier. New Orleans Magazine, in a later profile, describes a family of Pittsburgh steel workers.
Her mother, Yvonne, is quoted in the 2010 piece. She says the family went to church and Sunday school, and she calls Kweilyn her “Sunshine Girl.” She also talks about “our children,” so there are probably siblings. No trustworthy source names them, and her father isn’t named in either profile, so neither appears here.
Where the weather thing started
Fear, not fascination. She’s told the story twice, in 2010 and again to New Orleans Magazine, and the pieces fit together. When a storm came through, the TV went off and she had to wait it out. In the magazine version she was about six, the lights were off, her grandmother had the family lie down, and a transistor radio played in the dark. Nobody told the kids what was actually going on.
You can see how that ends up as a job. If you grew up not understanding the storm, explaining storms to other people for a living is a pretty direct answer.
Education
She earned a broadcast journalism degree with a specialty in children’s television. ABC11’s bio adds English to the specialization and says the school is Ohio University.
Two older print sources say something else. The 2010 Courier article has her graduating from Ohio State University in 2001, and New Orleans Magazine also says Ohio State. Two independent sources against one is too many to wave off as a typo.
I can’t tell you which one is right. This article goes with Ohio University because it’s the station’s current official bio, and flags the conflict so you aren’t surprised. To settle it for a citation, ask the school’s alumni office or ABC11.
The Mississippi State certificate
She also has a certificate in meteorology from Mississippi State University. The Courier says she finished it in 2009, and that mentor Chris Moore pointed her to the program. So the order was degree first, science second. Her interviews don’t describe the coursework, so for what the program covers, check Mississippi State’s own program page.
Career timeline
WQED and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
After graduating in 2001, she joined WQED Multimedia in Pittsburgh. The Courier says she did freelance production, web work, and event planning there, and worked on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. ABC11’s bio adds that she helped produce several national Doo Wop television programs and station events.
The decision
She told the Courier that she knew she didn’t want to do hard news because it hit too close to home. She’d cry along with the people in the stories. Weather had been nagging at her since junior year of college, and she said she was restless at WQED. So she knocked on Chris Moore’s door. Moore is a Pittsburgh talk-show host who’d known her since she was a teenager. He told her about Mississippi State, she applied, and she got in. Moore said her stubbornness was what stood out and that she shouldn’t take no for an answer.
KDKA, WNCT, WDSU
- KDKA, Pittsburgh (about 2009). Part-time fill-in. The Courier says her shifts were Saturday and Sunday evenings starting at 6 p.m., and she credited three KDKA colleagues, Lynn Hayes-Freeland, Brenda Waters, and Olga George, with helping her pull her on-air wardrobe together. Adweek calls the job freelance.
- WNCT, Greenville, NC (2010). In March 2010 the Courier reported she’d just taken a full-time meteorologist job there. Adweek later called her the weekend meteorologist, so “full-time weekend meteorologist” covers both. She told the paper she was on air about four minutes per newscast, with weather segments around two minutes.
- WDSU, New Orleans (about 2013 to 2021). She joined as weekend meteorologist, per Adweek, and later moved to mornings. The 2013 start is an estimate: Adweek said “eight years” in 2021, and several aggregator pages say 2013.
ABC11
ABC11 announced her addition to the morning team in May 2021, in the same announcement that named Don Schwenneker chief meteorologist. One aggregator says she went on air June 14, 2021. I couldn’t find that date in the station’s own text, so treat it as reported, not confirmed.
The timeline, with how solid each row is
| Year | What | Where | Source | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Graduates; production, web, events | WQED, Pittsburgh | Courier (2010) | Solid (school name disputed) |
| ~2009 | Meteorology certificate; part-time weekend forecasts | Mississippi State; KDKA | Courier; Adweek | Solid |
| 2010 | Full-time (weekend) meteorologist | WNCT, Greenville NC | Courier; Adweek | Solid |
| ~2013–2021 | Weekend, then morning meteorologist | WDSU, New Orleans | Adweek | Start year estimated |
| 2021–now | Weekday morning and midday | ABC11 / WTVD | ABC11; Adweek | Solid; June start date unconfirmed |
Her route, step by step
If you’re here because you want to do this job, her path is worth reading closely. It’s one route, not the only one, but it’s documented:
- She got into TV through production. WQED gave her a foot in the door without a meteorology degree.
- She asked someone who knew. Chris Moore pointed her to a specific program.
- She added the science after her degree. Journalism first, certificate second.
- She started with fill-in weekend shifts in her hometown. Two evenings a week at KDKA.
- She took a full-time job in a smaller market. Greenville, then New Orleans, then Raleigh-Durham.
Count the years and it’s about nine from graduation (2001) to that first full-time forecasting job (2010). For anyone who thinks this career happens fast, that’s the useful number.
Why she left New Orleans for Raleigh
Adweek, citing Nola.com, reported that she was heading back to North Carolina to be closer to family and to step into a bigger market. She also said her WDSU colleagues were the best of the best. No other reason is on record.
Her exact last day is disputed, with aggregators saying both May 20 and May 28, 2021. “Late May 2021” is the safe version.
What she does at ABC11 today
Her recent station features include a piece on how AI speed and human judgment together are improving hurricane forecasts, plus practical stories on protecting your home from rain, groundwater, and wind in hurricane season. She’s also done winter-weather safety and a how-to-watch guide for the 2021 Perseid meteor shower in North Carolina.
Off air, the bio says she tutors kids in reading and teaches public speaking and professional development to high school students.
How old is Kweilyn Murphy?
Her birthday isn’t public, but her own interviews narrow the year:
- In March 2010, the Courier gave her age as 30.
- New Orleans Magazine printed 36 in an undated profile. If she was born around 1980, that would put the interview around 2016, though that’s my inference since the profile carries no date.
Both point to roughly 1980, which also matches most aggregator pages. That makes her about 45 or 46 now, depending on her birthday.
Be suspicious of any page that gives you a specific date. One says July 10, another says December 21, both in 1980. They can’t both be right, and neither names a source. This article doesn’t print a birthday.
Is she married? Does she have children?
No reliable source says either way. Several aggregator pages flatly call her “single,” which they have no way of knowing. One spam-style page named a spouse in a block of text mixed with unrelated celebrity content. That’s not a source, so it isn’t repeated here.
She’s talked openly about her family growing up, her faith, and fitness. Beyond that, it’s hers to share.
Salary and net worth
There’s no credible number for either. The pages I checked give at least seven different salary claims, from about $24,000 to $188,000, and at least eight different net worth claims, from about $100,000 to $5 million. Almost none cite anything.
| Claim | Range across aggregator pages | Sourced? |
|---|---|---|
| Annual salary | ~$24K to ~$188K | No |
| Net worth | ~$100K to ~$5M | No |
A spread that wide means nobody measured anything. Local TV meteorologist pay depends on market size, experience, and contract terms, and station contracts aren’t public. Treat any figure for her as a guess.
Height, ethnicity, and social media
- Height: Aggregators say 5’5″ or 5’6″. Neither is sourced.
- Ethnicity: Several aggregator pages call her Black American without saying where she said so. Her station bio lists membership in the National Association of Black Journalists and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, but membership alone isn’t a statement of ethnicity, and I didn’t find her addressing it in the interviews I checked.
- Social media: Facebook pages under her name exist, including one for her WTVD role. Some aggregators list an Instagram handle, @kweilynabc11, but I couldn’t verify it. Look for the station-linked or verified account.
Life outside the studio
The ABC11 bio says she loves to dance, cares about fitness, and visits family in the Pittsburgh area often. She’s also a member of the National Weather Association.
The New Orleans Magazine profile fills in the human detail. She entered a muscle competition and keeps a photo from it on her phone for motivation when she’s tempted to eat badly. She played clarinet in college, has a sweet tooth, and likes anything on HGTV. Her favorite movie is Coming to America and her favorite musician is Luther Vandross. At the time she lived in Metairie. In the 2010 Courier profile she credits her faith for how her career unfolded.
What happened to Kweilyn Murphy?
Nothing bad. People ask because she changed stations. She left WDSU in 2021 for ABC11, reportedly for family and a bigger market, and the station’s team page still listed her when I checked in October 2026 (unverified for any change since).
How to sanity-check bio pages like this one
You’ll run into the same problem with almost any local TV personality, so here’s how to spot a made-up fact:
- Look for a named source. “She was born December 21” with no source is decoration. “The Courier gave her age as 30 in March 2010″ is checkable.
- Check whether sites repeat each other. If five pages share the same odd number, they probably copied one page, which doesn’t make it more true.
- Trust the employer’s bio for work history. Station bios are written by the employer. Treat them as strong for jobs and weak for personal details.
- Look at old local press. A 2010 Pittsburgh paper had more real detail about her than a dozen 2026 “wiki” pages.
- Watch for confident claims about private life. “She’s single” and “she has no kids” are claims nobody outside her life can make.
Key facts
| Profession | TV meteorologist |
| Hometown | West Mifflin / Pittsburgh area, PA |
| Current station | ABC11 / WTVD, Raleigh-Durham |
| Past stations | WQED, KDKA, WNCT, WDSU |
| Education | Broadcast journalism (Ohio University per ABC11; Ohio State per two older sources); Mississippi State meteorology certificate |
| Joined ABC11 | 2021 |
| Approx. birth year | ~1980 (birthday not public) |
| Spouse, children, salary, net worth | Not publicly confirmed |
FAQs
Who is Kweilyn Murphy?
A Pittsburgh-area native and TV meteorologist on ABC11’s First Alert Weather team in North Carolina.
Where does Kweilyn Murphy work now?
ABC11 (WTVD) in Raleigh-Durham, according to the station’s team page as checked in October 2026 (unverified for later changes).
Is Kweilyn Murphy married?
No reliable source says. She keeps her personal life private.
Does Kweilyn Murphy have children?
Nothing credible is public.
How old is Kweilyn Murphy?
About 45 or 46. Her birth year is roughly 1980; the exact birthday isn’t public.
What happened to Kweilyn Murphy at WDSU?
She left in late May 2021 for ABC11, reportedly to be closer to family and to move to a bigger market.
What is Kweilyn Murphy’s net worth, and how much does she earn?
Unknown. Online figures are unsourced estimates and wildly inconsistent.
Where did Kweilyn Murphy go to school?
Ohio University according to ABC11 (two older sources say Ohio State) for broadcast journalism, and Mississippi State University for a meteorology certificate.
What did Kweilyn Murphy do before ABC11?
WQED in Pittsburgh, part-time work at KDKA, WNCT in Greenville, and about eight years at WDSU in New Orleans.
Conclusion
The documented story is a kid who was scared of storms, started in production at the station behind Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, spent nine years getting from graduation to her first full-time forecasting job, and kept moving up. The personal details people search for most, like a husband, kids, pay, and net worth, aren’t confirmed, and any page that states them flatly is guessing. This one tried not to.
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