New Hope Weather Watcher Earns Prestigious Award
A longtime New Hope weather watcher has received a prestigious award.
Steve Reckers has spent the last 58 years going into his back yard to record weather data for the National Weather Service in Chanhassen.
His devotion earned him a John Campanius Holm Award, which is given to honor weather observers for outstanding accomplishments in the field of meteorological observations.
“I feel very happy, proud that I was awarded the award because I’ve been doing it a lot of years,” said Reckers. “And the fact that they would give me that award for what I’ve done, I love doing it. It’s not an effort. So yeah, I felt good about it.”
The National Weather Service gives out 25 Holm awards to weather watchers every year. Reckers says there are roughly 10,000 weather watchers across the United States.
Steve Reckers measures rain totals in the back yard of his New Hope home.
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