Margaret Orr

Meteorologist Margaret Orr joined WDSU NewsChannel 6 in 1979. She forecasts the weather for the morning news.

She was first hired at WDSU as a general assignment reporter, and later took on duties as co-host of the "Breakfast Edition" and co-host of the "World's Fair Show."

She has always been fascinated by weather. Her New Orleans weather memories include the hard freeze of 1962 that killed many palm trees, the 1963 4.5-inch snowfall when she built a snowman, and Hurricane Betsy, which tore the roof of her childhood home.

A native of New Orleans, she graduated from Louise S. McGehee High School. She earned a degree in English from Louisiana State University. She also went on to earn a 4.0 grade-point average in the broadcast meterology program at Mississippi State.

She is a member of the American Meterological Society, and has the National Weather Association Seal of Approval.

Her first broadcasting job was at WCIV-TV in Charleston, S. C. , where she worked as a photographer, editor, producer, reporter, anchor and weathercaster. Before returning to New Orleans, she worked as a weathercaster at WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge.

When she's not predicting the weather, she enjoys gardening and painting. She shares her Lakefront home with her husband, their three children, a dog and a rabbit.