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Dylan Dreyer
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Dreyer in May 2015
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Dylan Marie Dreyer
August 2, 1981 Manalapan, New Jersey, U.S.
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | Rutgers University |
| Occupation | Meteorologist, News Correspondent |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Employer | NBCUniversal (Comcast) |
| Spouse(s) |
Brian Fichera
(m. 2012) |
| Children | 2 |
Dylan Marie Dreyer (born August 2, 1981) is an American television meteorologist working for NBC News. She is a weather anchor and rotates with Sheinelle Jones in the Orange Room on Weekend Today and MSNBC on weekends. 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.Anchor on Today 3rd Hour
Early life and education
Dreyer was born in Manalapan, New Jersey, and graduated from Rutgers University in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in meteorology.
Career
Dreyer has worked at WICU in Erie, Pennsylvania, WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island, and WHDH in Boston, Massachusetts.
Dreyer was in a car accident while en route to cover a blizzard for The Today Show on February 9, 2013, she suffered a mild concussion.
In addition to her meteorological duties, Dreyer is the host of the NBC educational nature program Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer broadcast on The More You Know block of programming on NBC.
Personal life
Dylan married Brian Fichera in 2012. They live in the New York area. On June 10, 2016, Dreyer announced on The Today Show that she was expecting her first child. On December 17, 2016, she gave birth to her first child, a son, Calvin. On July 17, 2019, Dreyer announced on The Today Show that she was expecting her second child in January 2020. On January 2, 2020, she gave birth to her second child, a son, Oliver. On May 11, 2021, Dreyer announced on The Today Show that she was expecting her third child, a boy, due in November 2021.
In 1963, Dreyer's grandmother, Doris Milke, was a record-setting winner on the original version of The Price Is Right.
