Leigh Spann Wikipedia, Age, Husband, Salary, Height, Family, Tampa Bio

Personal Details Summary
Name	Leigh Spann
How old is Leigh Spann? / Age / Date of Birth / DOB	June 20, 1979. As of 2024, she is around 45 years old. An interview in 2007, mentioned that she was a 28-year-old at that time. In June 2019, Leigh also posted a tweet on the occasion of her 40th birthday.
Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Engaged / Spouse / Partner	Married. Check the full bio for relationship details.
Children / No. of Kids	None
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race	White
Nationality	American
Is Leigh Spann related to James Spann?	On her Facebook post, she clarified that Leigh and James are not related. Social media brought them together, but it was just a coincidence.

Wiki Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Leigh Spann is a weather reporter and meteorologist for WFLA-TV.
She has worked for numerous TV stations over her career span & has won a few awards for her work.
Running the early morning weather reports, Leigh is known for early rising, reportedly getting up around 1:30 am each day.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

Leigh grew up in a small town in Southern Georgia, but other details of her childhood are scarce.
Leigh Spann is married to her husband, who was a producer at WFLA. Besides this, she prefers to keep her family life out of the media spotlight.

Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info

She graduated ‘Magna-Cum-Laude’ from the University of Georgia (UGA) in 2001 with a degree in Geography / Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology. She was one of the first few people at UGA to graduate with the Atmospheric Science Certificate.
Leigh is both a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist & has The National Weather Association Broadcast Seal of Approval.

Profession : Career, Salary and Net Worth

Starting at WMAZ in Georgia in 2002, Leigh also worked for WCBD. She started with WFLA in 2007. She first started as the Weekend Meteorologist there before moving into a Morning Meteorologist position.
Leigh won an Emmy in 2012 for her work in a TV special talking about hurricane preparedness in the show Hurricane Season 2012: A Special Report. She has also won an Award of Merit in South Carolina for “Weathercaster of the Year.”
Leigh often co-hosts the second half of the show NewsChannel 8 Today on Great 38 WTTA with co-worker Gayle Guyardo. This part of the show is titled Make Today Gr8 with Gayle and Leigh.
She is part of the group “Storm Team 8,” which is a meteorologist team working for WFLA – TV.

Leigh Spann Salary and Net Worth :

As per Salary(dot)com, the average median salary of Meteorologists from Tampa is $95,602 per year. The salary range is $54,046 to $139,724 annually. ZipRecruiter gives the average salary for this position as $89,679/year, while the Indeed website mentions $77,124 annually for the same position.
Drawing from this data, we get a rough estimate of Leigh’s salary. Considering her work experience, her annual income will be higher than the figures mentioned above.

Fun Facts, Height and Trivia :

Leigh has a significant social media following with over 100,000 Twitter (now called X) followers, 21,000+ Facebook followers and 2000+ Instagram followers.
She has completed four marathons, and several half marathons and is an avid runner, taking part in many local in popular events such as Gasparlilla Distance Classic.
A self-described animal lover, Leigh owns two dogs named Pickles and Emily.
She is a fan of the college football team – The Georgia Bulldogs.
Spann’s Twitter (now called X) account mentions that she only has one cup of coffee a day.
On one of the shows she co-hosts, Leigh has used a Sensory Deprivation Tank, a device claimed to help with stress and promote reflection.
Her favorite Christmas movie is the film “Elf”. She often shares about food-based ‘days’ on her Facebook, with comments on local places that sell the items or her personal opinions of that food.

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Update: 2024-08-07

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