Michelle McCleod's most memorable moment from 2023

Take a look back at some of the most memorable weather moments from the year with AccuWeather's team of meteorologists.

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00:00 One of the most memorable moments of this year was introducing Dr. June Bacon-Bercy's story.

00:05 And it's so important because she was one of the first black meteorologists on air.

00:10 Tonight we start with Dr. June Bacon-Bercy.

00:13 She walked so that I can run.

00:15 And it's such a big deal because in weather you usually don't get to talk about stuff like that.

00:20 It's usually the news anchors that do that, so I got to introduce it.

00:23 Who reached unprecedented heights in her career and blazed trails for me and other black meteorologists.

00:29 We have a little bit of parallels in our life.

00:31 She was at WGRZ. It's called WGRZ now, but when she was there it was WGR, Buffalo.

00:37 And I was in Buffalo too. It's a little spooky.

00:40 I don't really believe in stuff like that, but it's cute to see that coincidence.

00:43 She reshaped the landscape for meteorology.

00:48 The reason why Dr. June Bacon-Bercy is so important to me is because I didn't see very many people like me growing up on TV.

00:54 And so to now do this, she paved the way so that I can do this.

00:58 I had a big drop in temperatures from Thursday to Friday.

01:00 And since being here at AccuWeather, I've received a lot of people reaching out that are like,

01:04 "Oh my gosh, I've seen you on TV."

01:06 And it's so nice to see somebody that looks like me.

01:09 It's nice to be able to make a little bit of a difference.

01:12 Definitely not as big as Dr. June Bacon-Bercy's difference, but it's still important to me.

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