Audrey Puente Bio, Family, Career, Net Worth, Husband, Height

Audrey Puente is an American meteorologist who currently works for FOX 5 News affiliate WNYW as well as its senior reporter. In addition, it served the station’s 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. time slot. Apart from that, she also works as a backup reporter on Good Day New York.

Additionally, she had previously worked for television networks like WCBS-TV, WNBC, WJCL, and WTGS. Moreover, she is also recognized as the daughter of the late American singer, songwriter and record producer Tito Puente. His father had dubbed him the king of Latin music. Want to know more about the gatekeeper, then keep scrolling.

AUDREY PUENTE: BIO, FAMILY, CAREER

The veteran meteorologist was born on March 3, 1970 in New York, New York, United States of America. She is the daughter of the late American musician and record producer Tito Puente and his wife Margaret Asencio. She grew up with her brother named Tito Jr. But no information about him in the media. She has an American nationality and belongs to the Caucasian ethnicity.

Regarding her education, she joined Syracuse University after graduating from high school. From college, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Voice Communication. She then attended Mississippi State University and earned a Master of Science degree in geosciences with a major in meteorology.

Since 2007, she has been on the scene as a weatherman at WWOR-TV serving as the station’s senior weatherman until July 2013. Previously, since 1999, she served as the weekend morning weatherman for WNBC. She worked as a television meteorologist for WJCL and WTGS in Savannah, Georgia, and WAPT in Jackson, Mississippi, in the mid-1990s. Then she became a weekend meteorologist at WNYW in late 2012, as well as a main replacement. She had also worked for WCBS-TV’s Channel 2 News This Morning and CBS 2 News at Noon.

AUDREY PUENTE: PERSONAL LIFE AND HUSBAND

Coming to her personal life, she is a happily married woman. Additionally, she married her longtime boyfriend-turned-husband Jay Thompson. The duo tied the knot on September 18, 2004 after dating for years. The couple welcomed three children: daughter Santana (born 2005), son Mateo Jay (born 2007) and youngest daughter Lola Jaye (born August 2010). Other than that, she didn’t provide much information about her private affairs.

AUDREY PUENTE: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

She has an estimated net worth of over $1 million. Additionally, the average salary for meteorologists can fall around $97,160 per year according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Moreover, their salary can be around $8,097 per month and average $147,160 per year. Also, somewhere she mentioned that she started her own business like decorative crystals.

She is very active on different social media platforms with verified accounts. On Instagram, she goes through the unverified account @audreypuente with 29.2k followers. She has a @AudreyPuente Twitter account with 20.4k followers. Also, she has a Facebook account under her name with 21,000 followers.

AUDREY PUENTE: BODY MEASUREMENTS

The weather reporter has a slim, hourglass-shaped body that measures 35 inches in chest, 25 inches in waist, and 35 inches in hips. His body is 5 feet 5 inches or 1.65 meters tall and weighs around 55 kg. She has brown eye color as well as the same hair color.