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{{short description|Irish meteorologist with Met Éireann (born 1969)}}
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| name        = Gerry Murphy
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| birth_date  = {{birth based on age as of date|53|2022|6|4}}<ref name="age">{{cite news|url=https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/celebs/rte-weathers-gerry-murphy-lifts-27146123|title=RTE weather's Gerry Murphy lifts lid on relationship status, ageless looks, healthy diet and life off TV|work=RSVPLive|first=Mary|last=McCarthy|date=4 June 2022|accessdate=1 June 2023}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Carrickmacross]], [[County Monaghan]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| known_for   =
| occupation  = [[Meteorologist]]
| nationality = Irish
| education   = [[University College Dublin]]
| employer    = [[Met Éireann]]
| television  = [[RTÉ News and Current Affairs|RTÉ Weather]]
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'''Gerry Murphy''' (born {{birth based on age as of date|53|2022|6|4|noage=1}})<ref name="age"/> is an Irish [[meteorologist]] with [[Met Éireann]], best known for his appearances on [[RTÉ]].<ref name="rtebio">{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/weather-team/2017/0117/845562-gerry-murphy/|title=Gerry Murphy|publisher=RTÉ News|date=|accessdate=12 January 2018|first=|last=}}</ref>
After graduating with a degree in [[Experimental Physics]] from [[University College Dublin]] in 1990,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://carrickmacross.ie/gerry-murphy/|title=Gerry Murphy - Carrickmacross.ie|website=carrickmacross.ie|accessdate=1 June 2023}}</ref> Murphy joined [[Met Éireann]] in 1992.<ref name="rtebio"/> He received meteorological training in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] and experience in aviation forecasting at [[Shannon Airport]], before being 'chief scientist' at [[Valentia Observatory]] from 1993 to 1999.<ref name="rtebio"/>
Murphy returned to Dublin in 1999, and worked as Met Éireann's agricultural meteorologist until 2001.<ref name="rtebio"/> He has worked as a forecaster in Met Éireann's Central Analysis and Forecasting Office (CAFO) since 2001, and as a weather presenter on [[RTÉ Television]] since November 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cavanmonaghansciencefestival.ie/index.php/home/science-week-archives/9-uncategorised/123-meteorology-agriculture|title=Meteorology & Agriculture - Carrickmacross|website=cavanmonaghansciencefestival.ie|accessdate=1 June 2023}}</ref>
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