Weather Watcher Steve Reckers Honored For 55 Years Of Service As Volunteer Observer

By Adam Del Rosso, CBS Minnesota

November 16, 2023

NEW HOPE, Minn. — We know WCCO's NEXT Weather team is passionate about the weather, but a Weather Watcher from New Hope has been just as passionate about the science for the last 55 years earning national recognition.

Like many meteorologists, Steve Reckers has loved the weather for as long as he can remember.

"Since 3 or 4 years old. And I remember lying in bed and I could look out at the streetlight and I was always interested, hoping snow would fall," Reckers said.

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