Rich Rogers was born and raised in Augusta. Rich first became interested in weather at age 7, when a strong thunderstorm moved over his house in the National Hills area. That is also when he was first introduced to 24/7 weather information via The Weather Channel. From then on, he was hooked! Whether it was Hurricane Hugo in 1989, the Superstorm of 1993, the drought of 1998-2002, the New Year's snowstorm of 2002, or the 2007 heat wave, Rich was keeping an eye on the situation and was busy maintaining weather records.

Rich graduated from Greenbrier High School in Evans, and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications, with an emphasis in television and cinema, from Augusta State University, in 2003. During college, Rich was involved in a weather internship at NBC Augusta under the guidance of Chief Meteorologist Jeff Rucker.

After college, Rich began working in the banking business at Augusta's largest hometown bank. He eventually decided to return to his original love of weather by joining the NBC Augusta weather team as a fill-in weathercaster in September 2006 while still working at the bank. A year later, Rich became the full-time weekend weather forecaster for NBC Augusta and weekday web editor for NBCAugusta.com.

Rich is a member of the National Weather Association. He is also a member of Lakemont Presbyterian Church in Augusta, and is involved with the Follower's Class at Trinity on-the-Hill United Methodist Church in Augusta.

In his spare time, Rich enjoys keeping up with politics, watching sitcoms, working out, and spending time with family and friends.

JUST THE FACTS
First TV Appearance: Labor Day Weekend 2006
Favorite Destination: Most anywhere in the Appalachian mountains; also Daytona Beach, Florida
Favorite NBC Program: Today
Favorite Book: The Augusta National Golf Club: Alister MacKenzie's Masterpiece by Stan Byrdy
Role Models: My parents

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