Longtime Maritime meteorologist Peter Coade dead at 82

Longtime Maritime meteorologist Peter Coade dead at 82

A Nova Scotia meteorologist who was a comforting presence to Maritimers on television and radio for more than five decades died early Saturday. Peter Coade, 82, had dementia and was hospitalized at the Hants Community Hospital since November, his son told CBC News.

Veteran meteorologist Peter Coade has died - Broadcast Dialogue

Peter Coade, one of the country’s longest-serving meteorologists, has passed away at the age of 82. Coade died Saturday morning. He’d been hospitalized since November. Born and raised in North End Halifax, his interest in the weather started early, job shadowing Rube Hornstein at CBC – Nova Scotia’s first TV weatherman – while still in high school. Peter Coade By 1962, he was doing on-the-job training at the Meteorological Service of Canada, pos…