Published on June 22, 2023 at 10:41 am
Longtime television meteorologist George Winterling passed away Wednesday at age 91.
Winterling served as WJXT-4′s first chief meteorologist and held the position for 47 years before retiring in 2009. He was considered a pioneer in the field of meteorology.
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Winterling was the only meteorologist to forecast that Hurricane Dora would hit Northeast Florida. Dora, the only hurricane to directly hit our area, rolled ashore north of St. Augustine as a Category 2 storm on Sept. 10, 1964.
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