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Manalapan Township, New Jersey>Manalapan Township, New Jersey, U.S.| death_date = | death_place = | nationality = American| education = Rutgers UniversityMeteorologist|correspondent}}| years_active = 2003–present| employer = NBCUniversal (Comcast)| television = Brian Fichera|2012}}| children = 3}}Dylan Marie Dreyer (born August 2, 1981)WEB,weblink Baby Calvin surprised Dylan Dreyer for her birthday in the cutest outfit ever, TODAY.com, August 2, 2017, is an American television meteorologist working for NBC News. She is also an anchor on Today's 3rd Hour. Dreyer frequently appears on Today on weekdays as a weather correspondent and as a fill-in for Al Roker and Carson Daly. She also appears on The Weather Channel and on NBC Nightly News. Dreyer joined NBC News in September 2012 after having worked at the now former NBC station WHDH in Boston, Massachusetts, since 2007.

Early life and education

Dreyer was born and raised in Manalapan Township, New Jersey, and attended Manalapan High School, where she played softball and graduated in 1999.Clarendon, Don. "The Stunning Transformation Of Dylan Dreyer", TheList.com, March 9, 2021. Accessed February 24, 2022. "As a member of the Class of 1999 at Manalapan High School in New Jersey, Dylan Dreyer's 'true passion' was varsity girls' softball, as she revealed in a 2017 Today show segment when she revisited the school (and, to her chagrin, met high school seniors who were born the year she graduated)." She earned a bachelor's degree in meteorology from Rutgers University in 2003.WEB, 2013-12-20, Alumni Story: Scientist and TV Personality Finds Meteorology Fun – Dylan Dreyer (CC '03),weblink 2022-06-13, Newsroom, en-US, While in college, Dreyer briefly interned at WeatherWorks, a private consulting company in Hackettstown, New Jersey.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Career

Dreyer has worked at WICU-TV in Erie, Pennsylvania;WEB, Dylan Dreyer celebrates baby Russell's NICU graduation,weblink 2022-06-13, TODAY.com, October 8, 2021, en, WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island;WEB, Dylan Dreyer,weblink 2022-06-13, TODAY.com, November 21, 2012, en, and WHDH in Boston, Massachusetts.WEB, 2022-04-13, Meet Dylan Dreyer: Everything About the Famous Meteorologist,weblink 2022-06-13, The Teal Mango, en-US, Dreyer was in a car crash while en route to cover a blizzard for Today on February 9, 2013, she suffered a mild concussion.WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130305130117weblink">weblink dead, 2013-03-05, 'Today's' Dylan Dreyer on her blizzard car accident: 'It was so unfortunate' – Zap2it, blog.zap2it.com, 2014-04-02, In addition to her meteorological duties, Dreyer is the host of the NBC educational nature program Earth Odyssey with Dylan DreyerNEWS,weblink The More You Know - Journey with Dylan Dreyer, NBC, July 26, 2017,weblink August 2, 2017, dead, mdy-all, broadcast on The More You Know block of programming on NBC.Dreyer reported on the 2017 Kentucky Derby and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.WEB, DYLAN DREYER,weblink nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com, NBC Universal, 26 November 2023, In 2022, she hosted the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade for the first time, filling in for Al Roker, who was recovering from blood clots.WEB, Hines, Morgan, Brisco, Elsie, Al Roker returns home from hospital, Dylan Dreyer fills in at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade,weblink usatoday.com, Gannett, 26 November 2023,

Personal life

Dylan married NBC News producer and cameraman Brian Fichera in 2012.WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121009185234weblink">weblink October 9, 2012, dead, Dylan Dreyer ties the knot in Boston – Boston News, New England News, WHDH-TV 7NEWS WHDH.COM, 2014-02-09, They live in the New York area.WEB, 2022-01-27, Today's Dylan Dreyer's family home that totally defies the odds - photos,weblink 2022-06-13, HELLO!, en, On June 10, 2016, Dreyer announced on Today that she was expecting her first child.WEB,weblink Dylan Dreyer announces first pregnancy on 'Today', upi.com, December 18, 2016, On December 17, 2016, she gave birth to her first child, a son, Calvin.WEB,weblink Today Show Meteorologist Dylan Dreyer Gives Birth to a Baby Boy, Vulpo, Mike, December 17, 2016, eonline.com, December 18, 2016, On July 17, 2019, Dreyer announced on Today that she was expecting her second child in January 2020.WEB, After infertility struggle, Dylan Dreyer is pregnant again!,weblink 2022-06-13, TODAY.com, July 17, 2019, en, On January 2, 2020, she gave birth to her second child, a son, Oliver.WEB,weblink Today's Dylan Dreyer Welcomes Son Oliver George with Husband Brian Fichera, On September 29, 2021, she gave birth to her third child, a son, Russell James.WEB,weblink Dylan Dreyer gives birth to third son Russell James Fichera, September 29, 2021, Her last day on Weekend Today was January 29, 2022, but she will remain on the Third Hour.WEB, Gajewski, Ryan, 2022-01-30, Dylan Dreyer Exits 'Weekend Today' After 9 Years as Meteorologist,weblink 2022-06-13, The Hollywood Reporter, en-US, In 1963, Dreyer's grandmother, Doris Milke, was a record-setting winner on the original version of The Price Is Right."Go, grandma! Dylan Dreyer shares her grandmother's record-breaking 'Price Is Right' run", Today Show. December 31, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

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