Audrey Puente

Audrey Puente

Weather Anchor

Audrey Puente is a Meteorologist/Feature Reporter for WNYW/ FOX 5.

Previously, she was Chief Weather Anchor for WWOR-TV/My9 providing forecasts for the station's "My9 News at Ten."

Puente joined My9 from WCBS-TV where she provided weather forecasts for "CBS 2 News This Morning" and "CBS 2 News at Noon." She also provided fill-in reports for the CBS national morning program "The Early Show."

Previously, she served as a meteorologist for WNBC-TV and delivered weekend reports for "Today in New York." Prior to this, Puente was the weekend meteorologist for WAPT-TV in Jackson, MS., where she appeared on the station's 5 PM and 10 PM newscasts.

Earlier, she served as the weekend weather anchor for WXVT-TV in Greenville, MS and the weekday weather anchor at WJCL-TV in Savannah, GA. Puente began her career as a production assistant for WNYW-TV in New York.

Puente is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the American Meteorological Society, and the National Weather Association.

Puente is a graduate of Syracuse University, where she received a B.S. in Speech Communications. She received her M.S. in Geosciences with an emphasis on meteorology from Mississippi State University.

She is a New York native who still resides in her hometown.

The latest from Audrey Puente

2025 spring weather outlook for the NYC area

FOX 5 has the 2025 spring weather outlook, breaking down anticipated temperatures and precipitation. Plus, here's what experts say about this season's potential for storms, snow and even tornadoes:

Planet Parade 2025: How to watch all 7 planets align in the night sky

This Friday, all seven of the other planets in our solar system will be visible in the night sky. This rare celestial event, often called a planetary alignment or "planet parade," will offer a stunning view of Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Uranus, and Neptune.

Storm bringing more rain, flooding, high winds

Hot on the heels of Tuesday's torrential rainfall, another storm is moving through the area overnight, bringing 1 to 2 inches of rain and wind gusts up to 60 mph.