Announcement from Climate and Environment Editor Zachary Goldfarb, Deputy Climate and Environment Editor Juliet Eilperin and Weather Editor Paulina Firozi:
We are delighted to announce that Ben Noll, an experienced meteorologist with a passion for communicating weather to the public, will join The Post as our new weather reporter.
In this role Ben will help lead coverage of national and global weather, providing forecasts, discussing the science behind extreme weather events, and shedding light on the ways that a changing climate is affecting the planet and people’s lives. He will focus on bringing urgent coverage of these topics to our audience, producing both news stories and enterprise involving a mix of reporting, data analysis and visualizations. He will write for the site and be one of our top voices on social media, where he has a large following, and other platforms.
Joining The Post will bring Ben home from New Zealand, where he has been based for the last eight years as a government meteorologist, leading work on long-range forecasts as well as drought and marine heatwave forecasting. He regularly appears on TV and radio to share updates during severe weather.
But some of the work he shares directly with the public is what’s so well primed him for his new role. In his spare time, Ben updates an active and robust personal social media account, sharing sharp and revelatory analysis about the most interesting weather happening around the world. He explained how the U.S. “humidity belt” is changing and what it meant for this summer; the ways bizarre weather over Africa affected hurricane season and the way a hurricane ingested wildfire smoke from Canada. Many of the posts include engaging graphics and maps that Ben creates himself.
He’s also kept a watchful eye on weather close to home. Ben, who grew up in the Hudson Valley region of New York, shares regular updates about whether his hometown will get snow. He’s been named Hudson Valley’s best meteorologist for two years in a row.
Before moving across the Pacific in 2016, Ben worked as a forecaster at AccuWeather. He earned a degree in meteorology and math from the State University of New York at Oswego.
Ben looks forward to returning to the U.S. — if not just for its diverse weather, but for some of its best pizza.
Please join us in welcoming Ben to The Post. He will begin on Nov. 4.
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