Weather
Dave Aguilera
Dave is a Colorado native. He was born and raised in Pueblo, and with the exception of working one-and-a-half years in Albuquerque, he has lived and worked his whole life in Colorado. He has been at CBS4 a long time … since 1993!
Having lived through and reported on many major weather events, including everything from blizzards to tornadoes, in every Colorado TV market, CBS4 meteorologist Dave Aguilera has seen how the weather deeply affects people. He has been a TV and Radio broadcaster in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region since 1986.
He is, perhaps foremost, an optimist, which is a good thing to be when people tend to blame you for the bad weather. But no matter what the sky is doing, Dave looks forward to coming to work, and he always tries to bring a little sunshine into the lives of his audience, no matter what it's doing outside.
As far back as his senior year in high school, Dave knew he wanted to work in television, but he assumed it would be delivering news. After graduating in 1987 from the University of Southern Colorado, in Pueblo with a BS in mass communications, with an emphasis in journalism, he found his direction shifting. His interests were definitely looking up -- literally. Everything Dave wanted to know was now in the sky. He went on to earn a Certificate in Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University.
Dave has since worked as a weather anchor at KRQE-TV in Albuquerque, New Mexico; KOAA-TV in Pueblo/Colorado Springs, Colorado; and at KREX-TV in Grand Junction, Colorado. He also worked as a news reporter/anchor for KHOW-Radio and KOA-Radio in Denver, and as a Disc Jockey for KCCY, KRYT and KDZA, in Pueblo. In September 1993, Dave accomplished the goal he had set for himself in college by joining CBS4 as a meteorologist. Dave is a member of the National Weather Association, the American Meteorology Society, and holds the Television Seal of Approval from both organizations. In addition to speaking to students around the area, Dave participates and emcees several events for non-profit groups throughout the year.
His hopes for the future are to continue to work for CBS4. Living in Denver, which he thinks is the "greatest city in the country," means playing golf when the weather is nice, skiing when it's snowing, and playing racquet ball in-between.
Aguilera has lots of helpful information for children who have an interest in the weather in his Weather 4 Kids section on cbs4denver.com.