Cindy Fitzgibbon

Cindy Fitzgibbon is chief meteorologist for WCVB StormTeam 5, overseeing the station’s weather coverage and leading Channel 5’s talented team of meteorologists. An expert and award- winning meteorologist with more than 25 years of experience, 20 of them reporting weather in the Boston market, Cindy has been helping people start their day as StormTeam 5’s EyeOpener and Midday meteorologist for nearly a decade.

Cindy is also the principal meteorologist for WCVB’s “Forecasting Our Future” special ongoing coverage. This important initiative, launched by WCVB parent company Hearst Television, addresses issues Americans face in navigating changing weather patterns and their impact on local communities and economies.

Prior to joining WCVB in 2013, Cindy was delivering her morning forecast at Boston’s WFXT. Before that, she spent time learning tropical meteorology at WBBH in Fort Myers, Florida and forecasting snowstorms at WPTZ, the Hearst NBC affiliate in Burlington, Vermont. Cindy started her meteorology career at KXMB in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Cindy has been nominated for several National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Boston/New England Emmy® awards, most recently in 2021, and won the regional Emmy award in 2017 for outstanding achievement in weather broadcasting. Cindy has also won an Associated Press award for “Best Weathercast.”

A native New Englander, raised near Portland, Maine, Cindy earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology from Lyndon State College in Vermont. Cindy is a member of both the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the National Weather Association. She has been awarded the AMS Seal of Approval for Television. Cindy has also made guest appearances on ABC News filling in on World News Tonight and Good Morning America.

Cindy is involved with and devotes her time to organizations that promote science education, particularly young girls, including the Discovery Museum “Smart Gals” Program, the Jr. Sci- Tech Girl STEM Expo, and the Science Club for Girls. Cindy repeatedly donates her time to help raise money for local organizations to fight ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and MS (multiple sclerosis) and has become an ambassador in spreading awareness about Batten Disease. She makes frequent “Weather Visits” to schools across the area and has educated thousands of students about the weather over the years.

Cindy is active in the Natick community where she lives with her husband and two boys. Depending on the season, you can typically find her on the basketball court, baseball or football field cheering on her boys!