Biography
Danielle Breezy has been the Chief Meteorologist at News 2, the ABC affiliate in Nashville, TN, since 2016. She has also made several appearances filling in on Good Morning America and World News Tonight. She also appeared as the meteorologist on the ABC primetime series 9-1-1:Nashville.
Her passion for weather started when she was a child growing up outside of Philadelphia. In eighth grade, a local TV meteorologist visited her school to talk about the weather, and from that day forward, she knew she too would be a meteorologist.
She pursued her dream by studying atmospheric science at Cornell University. Go Big Red!
After that, it was stops in Salisbury, Oklahoma City, Dallas, and Boston before landing in Nashville.
Danielle has the CBM (Certified Broadcast Meteorologist) Seal, the highest seal a meteorologist can have.
In 2022, she was honored by the American Meteorological Society with the June Bacon-Bercey Award for Broadcast Meteorology for her life-saving work covering the Middle Tennessee tornado outbreak in March 2020. In 2023, she received the Young Achievement Award from Cornell University College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. She was also named one of Nashville Business Journal’s Women of Influence in 2024.
In her spare time, her number one priority is giving back. She is the spokesperson for the Nashville St. Jude Dream Home Campaign. She is a Councilor for the American Meteorological Society. She loves visiting schools and inspiring kids to pursue math and science careers.
On a personal note, she is married to Joe Breezy, and she thanks him for the catchy last name!