2025 Southern New England Weather Conference

An Annual One-Day Community Event Exploring Regional Weather and Climate

For 25 years, the Southern New England Weather Conference has provided a place for weather enthusiasts, professionals, students, and teachers alike to gather and share their interests, knowledge, and expertise on a wide range of topics relating to regional weather and climate. Whether you are a seasoned professional or have just a casual interest, the Southern New England Weather Conference will excite you with content that affects New Englanders’ daily lives, including winter weather forecasting, extreme weather, hurricanes, local climate, emergency preparedness, and much more. More details about the Conference and how to register will be provided below as the meeting approaches. 

2025 Weather Conference Call for Presenters:

Would you like to give a presentation at the 2025 Southern New England Weather Conference on a topic that you think would be of interest to our audience? Do you have an idea for a workshop that could be held during the Conference? Submit your proposal for a presentation or workshop using this form by July 3, and it will be considered for inclusion in the Conference agenda!

There will also be a poster session (with a limit of ten) at the Conference this year. If you are interested in presenting a poster on your work, please submit your request using this form by August 25.

2024 Weather Conference Highlights:

Announcing Our 2025 MC: Cindy Fitzgibbon, WCVB Chief Meteorologist

Cindy Fitzgibbon is the chief meteorologist for WCVB StormTeam 5, overseeing the station’s weather coverage and leading Channel 5’s talented team of meteorologists. An expert and award-winning meteorologist with more than 25 years of experience, 20 of them reporting weather in the Boston market, Cindy has been helping people start their day as StormTeam 5’s EyeOpener and Midday meteorologist for nearly a decade.

Cindy is also the principal meteorologist for WCVB’s “Forecasting Our Future” special ongoing coverage. This important initiative, launched by WCVB parent company Hearst Television, addresses issues Americans face in navigating changing weather patterns and their impact on local communities and economies.

Prior to joining WCVB in 2013, Cindy was delivering her morning forecast at Boston’s WFXT. Before that, she spent time learning tropical meteorology at WBBH in Fort Myers, Florida and forecasting snowstorms at WPTZ, the Hearst NBC affiliate in Burlington, Vermont. Cindy started her meteorology career at KXMB in Bismarck, North Dakota.

We are excited to have Cindy as our MC at the conference this year!

The Southern New England Weather Conference is a non-profit venture that is sponsored annually by the Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center.