19 First Alert Weather team named ‘most accurate’ for 20th straight year

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - WeatheRate on Tuesday awarded the 19 First Alert Weather team with its Most Accurate designation for the 20th year in a row.

WOIO is the first station ever to attain 20 years in a row with WeatheRate, President Bruce Fixman said.

“Each day our priority in the weather office is accuracy. We know how important that is when it comes to northeast Ohio weather,” Chief Meteorologist Jason Nicholas said. “To be certified most accurate for 20 straight years in Cleveland is a total team effort. I know our competition is trying hard to unseat us, so I’m very proud of our entire crew to once again be recognized with this honor. WeatheRate is the only service to measure day-in and day-out accuracy and to win again is an honor - but it’s also what we do every day.”

WeatheRate is the nation’s leading independent and neutral service that rates the performance of local television weather teams.

Follow the 19 First Alert Weather Team on social media:

• Facebook: Jason Nicholas / Twitter: @JasonNweather
• Facebook: Kelly Dobeck / Twitter: @KellyDWeather
• Facebook: Samantha Roberts / Twitter: @SamRobertsWX
• Facebook: Jeff Tanchak / Twitter: @JeffTanchak19
• Facebook: Erika Paige / Twitter: @ErikaPaigeWX
• Facebook: Andy Chilian / Twitter: @ChiliWX

You can also join them live Monday through Friday for Cleveland’s first and only weather show. First Alert Focus airs at 7:30 p.m. on WUAB.