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American television meteorologist

For other uses, see Mister G (disambiguation).

Irv Gikofsky (born May 10, ), known professionally as Mr. G, is an American television meteorologist who currently serves as the weatherman for WPIX serving New York City and the surrounding regions.^[1]

Biography

Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Queens in , he graduated from Hofstra University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History.

He then attended Yeshiva University, where he received a Master of Arts degree in Secondary Education and pursued doctoral studies. Shortly after graduating, he began his career as a school teacher at Albert Einstein Intermediate School in the Bronx.

During his tenure there, he was notable for creating the first computerized weather program for use by New York City's school system. In , after teaching in public school for a decade, he was hired to become a TV weatherman at CBS New York.^[2]

Meteorological career

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