Drew Davis
Meteorologist
Honolulu, HI
Growing up in Texas, Drew was surrounded by severe weather his entire life. He was interested in the clouds from an extremely young age and has had one goal for most of his upbringing: become a weatherman. However, Drew has happily traded in the tornadoes for the trade winds.
Drew was born in Austin, Texas, and has generational roots in the Lone Star state, but he truly goes where the weather takes him. He joined the Hawaii News Now team shortly after graduating from Texas A&M University with a degree in Meteorology. He started contributing remotely to the Hawaii News Now team in January of 2023 and moved to Honolulu in June. During that remote period, he practiced the Hawaiian language and learned as much as he could about the island. He landed his first on-air job at the age of 19 on KTEN in southeastern Oklahoma, eventually moving to KBTX in Bryan/College Station to work closer to school during his senior year.
Drew was selected as the first Meteorology Fellow at KBTX, a program created by Gray Television to help foster and develop young meteorologists at Texas A&M University. He graduated with perfect grades in all of his Meteorology courses at Texas A&M and was awarded the “Outstanding Graduating Senior Award” from the university. When he was not storm chasing, studying, or forecasting, Drew led the young TV weather broadcasting program at Texas A&M. He helped launch the program in 2019, and helped refine it up until graduation.
Besides weather, Drew enjoys college football, hiking, swimming, movie-going, and video-editing. He even has some experience on the stage as an improvisational comedian; although he’s retired now. Was (or is…) he funny? That’s still up for debate.
He’s blessed to have a loving mother, father, grandparents, and sister that still live in Dallas, Texas. Even though they are an eight-hour plane ride away, he’s excited to call Hawai’i home. He is humbled to have been granted this once in a lifetime opportunity and cannot wait to learn more about the island culture, continue to grow as a meteorologist, and to forecast for the best weather on the planet.
