Rob Perillo is the Chief Meteorologist for KATC-TV3’s Acadiana’s News Channel. Rob has 33 years of experience in forecasting Acadiana’s weather and has tracked hundreds of tropical storms and hurricanes during his career including major Louisiana/Acadiana storms such as Andrew, Lili, Katrina, Rita, Gustav, Ike, Laura, Delta and Ida.
Rob is the most honored meteorologist in Louisiana and the recipient of more than 25 Associated Press awards, including “Best Weathercast”, “Breaking Weather” and “Best Meteorologist” categories in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Rob was named "Broadcaster of the Year" in 2020 by the National Tropical Weather Conference, was a finalist (and the only local broadcast meteorologist n the country) for "Weather Person of the Year" in 2021 by the Federal Alliance of Safe Homes (losing to Ginger Zee!).
Most recently has been nominated for an Emmy Award for hurricane coverage in 2020.
In addition to anchoring local weathercasts since the late 1980s, Rob was an Aviation Forecaster for Air Routing International, and a Marine and Industrial Meteorologist for Wilkens Weather Technologies, in Houston, Texas.
Rob began his career managing research at the State University of New York Research Foundation, while also serving as an Emergency Planning Meteorologist for several nuclear power plants in Upstate New York.
Over the years Rob has appeared on numerous hurricane and weather specials that have aired on the Learning, Discovery, National Geographic and Weather Channels. Rob also video-taped and broadcast live coverage nationally to CBS and CNN during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
Rob has also been interviewed by the Weather Channel for “Cantore Stories – Life on the Bayou”, and the Daily Show with Jon Stewart on the state of climate change and the perspectives of TV meteorologists.
Rob was awarded the American Meteorological Society Seal of Approval for Television Weathercasting in 1992.
Rob earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology (and was “two courses shy of a math degree!”) from the State University of New York at Oswego in 1983. He and his wife and two adult children make Lafayette their home.
Contact Rob Perillo at rob.perillo@katctv.com
