Twin Cities Radio: WCCO's Mike Lynch Says He's Retiring

It's the end of an era for many in 'CCO Land, as meterologist Mike Lynch, who  has been with WCCO for 40 years, has announced his retirment.

Lynch told WCCO listners Thursday morning with Dave Lee that the time had come to spend more time at home with his wife, Kathy.  As Mike told us when he was considering retirement, "I won't have morning radio jet lag all summer!"

Mike Lynch is a native Minnesotan who grew up in Richfied, Minnesota. He attended St. Peter’s Grade school and Holy Angels High School. After two years at the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities he transferred to the University of Wisconsin in Madison and earned his B.S. degree in Meteorology in 1979. Shortly after he was hired as a broadcast meteorologist at WCCO Radio where he spent nearly his entire career.



Lynch celebrated his 40th anniversary at the "Good Neighbor" on Tuesday, writing on Facebook: "40 years ago today I started at WCCO. I’ll never forget how the late great Steve Cannon took me under his wing. I’m forever grateful."

Lynch has been a staple not only with daily weather forecasts, but also as a go-to source for information when severe weather happened. Lynch would always man a microphone, no matter the time of day, to inform listeners about what was happening as strong storms rolled through Minnesota.