Joe Rao

For 21 years, Joe Rao was the Chief Meteorologist and Science Editor at News 12 Westchester. He was nominated for 8 Emmy Awards and in 2015 was voted First among weathercasters in New York State by the Associated Press. Since 1986 he has served as an associate and guest lecturer at the Hayden Planetarium. In 2009, the prestigious Walter Scott Houston Award was bestowed upon him by the Northeast Region of the Astronomical League. He is a Contributing Editor for Sky & Telescope magazine and writes a syndicated weekly column for the online news service, Space.com. Joe also pens a monthly astronomy column for Natural History magazine and provides annual astronomical data for The Farmers' Almanac.