Lisa Meadows is an American meteorologist and reporter for CBS News Minnesota, best known for weekend weather coverage and storm reporting in the Twin Cities. She joined WCCO in Minneapolis in June 2018 after working for CBS affiliates in Sacramento, Central Illinois, and West Texas. She is on maternity leave through the beginning of 2027 after welcoming her daughter Ava in October 2026.
Lisa Meadows’ bio at a glance
| Detail | Information |
| Full Name | Lisa Meadows |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | February 3 (year not publicly available) |
| Age | Late 30s (estimated) (as of November 2026) |
| Place of Birth | Not publicly available |
| Hometown | Highland, Indiana, United States |
| Current Residence | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | Not publicly available |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Religion | Not publicly available |
| Sexual Orientation | Not publicly available |
| Height | Not publicly available |
| Weight | Not publicly available |
| Hair Colour | Blonde (visual estimate) |
| Eye Colour | Blue (visual estimate) |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Spouse / Partner | Nick Houge |
| Children | One daughter (Ava) |
| High School | Not publicly available |
| Alma Mater | Valparaiso University |
| Degree | Bachelor of Science in Meteorology (2011) |
| Master’s Degree | Master of Arts in Strategic Communication, University of Minnesota (2023) |
| Profession | Meteorologist, television reporter |
| Employer | CBS News Minnesota (WCCO) |
| Net Worth | Not publicly available |
| Social Media | Instagram @metlisameadows | X @LisaMeadowsCBS | TikTok @meteorologistlisameadows | Facebook Meteorologist Lisa Meadows |
Who is Lisa Meadows?
Lisa Meadows is an Emmy Award winning meteorologist and general assignment reporter for CBS News Minnesota, known to viewers as part of the WCCO NEXT Weather team in Minneapolis.
She anchors the weather on the WCCO Evening News on weekends, the WCCO Noon News from Monday to Wednesday, and CBSN Minnesota from Saturday to Wednesday, and she reports on general assignments from Monday to Wednesday.
Away from the studio, she chases storms with the CBS Mobile Weather Lab and volunteers as a search and rescue handler.
She holds the American Meteorological Society Certified Broadcast Meteorologist designation and the National Weather Association Seal of Approval. She is on maternity leave through the beginning of 2027 after the birth of her daughter in October 2026.
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How old is Lisa Meadows? Age and Birthday
Lisa Meadows is in her late 30s as of November 2026. She celebrates her birthday on February 3, and she has not publicly confirmed the year she was born. Her 2011 college graduation points to her late 30s, and her zodiac sign is Aquarius.
She grew up in Highland, Indiana, in Northwest Indiana, watching Midwest thunderstorms. As a child she told her parents she was going to grow up to be a storm chaser.
She studied at Valparaiso University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology with a minor in mathematics and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications in 2011. She later earned a Master of Arts in Strategic Communication from the University of Minnesota in 2023.
How tall is Lisa Meadows?
Lisa Meadows’ height is not publicly available. No employer biography or interview gives a height figure for her, and published estimates give different numbers, so no figure is used here.
Her weight is also not publicly available, and no body measurements have been published for her. She has long blonde hair and blue eyes, based on her official headshot.
What is Lisa Meadows’ career?
Lisa Meadows began her full-time broadcasting career in 2011 as a morning and noon meteorologist for KLBK in Lubbock, Texas, where she covered a record setting drought.
Before that she worked as a fill-in meteorologist for Lakeshore News and WYIN Public Television in Northwest Indiana, and she interned at television stations in Chicago.
She then spent three years as a morning and noon meteorologist for WCIA in Champaign, Illinois, covering severe storms in Central Illinois. In 2016 she moved to CBS Sacramento, where she worked as a weekend meteorologist and reporter for two years.
There she covered historic wildfires and explained forecast details in depth during the record setting 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, which brought Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.
She joined WCCO in Minneapolis in June 2018. One of her most memorable assignments came during the cold outbreak of January 2019 in Alexandria, Minnesota, where she covered a wind chill of minus 63 degrees Fahrenheit, the coldest wind chill in the state. While at WCCO she has also made many CBS Network News appearances covering large weather stories across the country.
In April 2023 she announced a few weeks of medical leave, and she returned to WCCO in May 2023. She is a certified Emergency Medical Technician and a Certified National Search And Rescue Technician II.
She volunteers as a K9 search and rescue handler with the Northstar Search & Rescue Team, and she and her German shepherd Thunder are Wilderness II Tracking and Trailing Certified. They deploy with the team to help locate missing persons across the upper Midwest.
Career timeline
- 2011: Started full-time as a morning and noon meteorologist for KLBK in Lubbock, Texas.
- 2013: Joined WCIA in Champaign, Illinois, as a morning and noon meteorologist.
- 2016: Moved to CBS Sacramento as a weekend meteorologist and reporter.
- June 2018: Joined WCCO in Minneapolis as a weekend meteorologist and reporter.
- January 2019: Covered the minus 63 degrees Fahrenheit wind chill in Alexandria, Minnesota.
- April 2026: Announced her pregnancy on air for CBS News Minnesota.
- October 2026: Started maternity leave after the birth of her daughter.
What was Lisa Meadows’ big announcement in 2026?
Lisa Meadows announced her pregnancy on air for CBS News Minnesota on April 19, 2026, in a video titled with her big announcement. She shared a pregnancy reveal on TikTok the same day, and she followed it with a video about coping with nausea on April 21, 2026.
On May 31, 2026, she retired her search and rescue dog Thunder, saying she was 20 weeks pregnant and it was time for Thunder to spend his days at home. On October 7, 2026, she posted that she was headed down the homestretch and would be on maternity leave through the beginning of the year.
Her daughter Ava was born on October 8, 2026. Lisa announced the birth on October 17, 2026, with a weather-themed post welcoming her daughter. She remains on maternity leave through the beginning of 2027.
What is Lisa Meadows’ net worth?
Lisa Meadows’ net worth is not publicly available.
Net worth
Her net worth has not been confirmed by any employer biography, interview, or financial record. She has built her income over a broadcasting career that started in 2011 and has run through four television markets.
Salary
Her salary at WCCO has not been publicly confirmed. Television stations keep individual employee pay private, and no contract figure for her has been published by her employer.
Income sources
Her income comes from her work as a weekend meteorologist and weekday reporter for CBS News Minnesota. Her earlier income came from on-air forecasting contracts in Lubbock, Champaign, and Sacramento, along with national CBS News appearances from WCCO. Her search and rescue work is volunteer work, and it is not a source of income.
Is Lisa Meadows married?
Lisa Meadows is married to Nick Houge.
Lisa Meadows married Nick Houge on June 14, 2025, in a lakeside ceremony on Lake Minnetonka. Her WCCO colleague Shayla Reaves officiated the ceremony. Lisa shared wedding photos on August 2, 2025, with a caption giving the wedding date as June 14, 2025.
Lisa and Nick met through volunteering with Northstar Search & Rescue. Nick shares her love of animals, and the couple kept their relationship private before their wedding. No previous relationship of Lisa’s has been publicly confirmed.
Children
Lisa Meadows and Nick Houge have one child, their daughter Ava, who was born on October 8, 2026. Ava weighed 8 lbs 11 oz and measured 21 inches long at birth. Lisa announced Ava’s arrival on October 17, 2026, and she is on maternity leave through the beginning of 2027.
Family
Lisa grew up in Highland, Indiana, and she has kept details about her parents and siblings private. Her family at home includes her husband Nick, her daughter Ava, three dogs, and a cat. Thunder, her German shepherd, was her search and rescue partner for years.
What is Lisa Meadows doing in 2026?
Lisa Meadows delivered WCCO NEXT Weather reports through the spring of 2026, including a 6 p.m. report on April 17, 2026. She worked on NEXT Weather Alert severe weather coverage on June 10 and June 11, 2026, and she appeared in a studio desk photo on June 15, 2026.
She joined WCCO live coverage at the Minnesota State Fair on September 2, 2026, and she shared a bird migration forecast map on September 9, 2026. She posted on October 7, 2026, that she was on maternity leave through the beginning of the year. Her daughter Ava was born on October 8, 2026, and Lisa announced the birth on October 17, 2026.
Lisa Meadows on social media
As of November 2026, Lisa Meadows has 3,718 followers and 281 following on her verified Instagram account @metlisameadows, where she posts work updates, search and rescue moments, and family news. Her X account @LisaMeadowsCBS has 8,099 followers and 944 following, with 14,800 posts since July 2010.
Her TikTok account @meteorologistlisameadows has 1,385 followers and 142,700 likes, and her verified Facebook page has nearly 20,000 followers. She has no personal YouTube channel and appears there only through WCCO and CBS corporate channels.
Her Instagram account is @metlisameadows, and her X account is @LisaMeadowsCBS.
Quick facts about Lisa Meadows
- Storm chase class covered 5,626 miles: as a Valparaiso student she took a storm chasing class that traveled 5,626 miles across the Great Plains over 10 days.
- Frozen gear forced her indoors: in Alexandria in January 2019 the cold froze camera cables solid and stopped cars from starting, so she reported from inside a hotel lobby with guests having coffee.
- Capstone studied climate communication: her 2023 University of Minnesota capstone studied how CBS could communicate climate change to viewers and build trust.
- Fifteen years on television: in an April 2026 post she said she had been answering weather questions on television for 15 years.
- Birthday posts raise money for dogs: her birthday posts in late January and early February double as fundraisers for working dog charities, including Spikes K9.
- Two Malinois joined the family: Nick’s two Belgian Malinois, Hope and Liberty, are cadaver dogs, while Thunder was a live tracking dog.
- Learned from Chicago weather names: her Chicago internships put her alongside WGN meteorologist Tom Skilling and FOX Chicago meteorologist Amy Freeze.
- Volunteers beyond search and rescue: she has helped with women’s shelters, humane society adoption events, and mentoring high school students, and she helped found Keep Champaign Beautiful in 2015.
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Frequently asked questions
How old is Lisa Meadows?
Late 30s. She celebrates her birthday on February 3, but she has not publicly confirmed her birth year, and her 2011 graduation points to her late 30s.
Is Lisa Meadows married?
Yes. She married Nick Houge on June 14, 2025, in a lakeside ceremony on Lake Minnetonka officiated by Shayla Reaves.
What is Lisa Meadows’ net worth?
Not publicly available. Her income comes from her meteorologist and reporter work for CBS News Minnesota and her earlier station contracts.
Does Lisa Meadows have children?
Yes. One daughter, Ava, was born on October 8, 2026, and Lisa is on maternity leave through the beginning of 2027.
Where does Lisa Meadows work now?
WCCO-TV, CBS News Minnesota, in Minneapolis, where she anchors weekend weather and reports on weekdays, and she is on maternity leave at present.
Final word on Lisa Meadows
Lisa Meadows has spent 15 years turning severe weather into clear, calm forecasts, from Lubbock and Champaign to Sacramento and Minneapolis. She pairs that work with search and rescue volunteering, storm chasing, and a Master of Arts in Strategic Communication. She married Nick Houge in June 2025, welcomed daughter Ava in October 2026, and she is on maternity leave through the beginning of 2027.
References
- Lisa Meadows, Bio (own website)
- University of Minnesota Conservancy, Communicating Climate Change with CBS (Lisa Meadows capstone, June 2023)
- Instagram, Lisa Meadows @metlisameadows
- X, Lisa Meadows @LisaMeadowsCBS
- TikTok, Lisa Meadows @meteorologistlisameadows
- Facebook, Meteorologist Lisa Meadows
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