Ray Wilkie

William Raymond Wilkie (14 January 1925 – 18 May 2023) was an Australian meteorologist who worked with the Bureau of Meteorology, he was best known for presenting television weather reports. He delivered nightly weather reports firstly at the ABC and then for both the Nine Network with Nine News

He was the elder brother of meteorologist and radio and TV weather reporter Alan Wilkie

Biography Early life William Raymond Wilkie was born in Ayr, Queensland on 14 January 1925. to William Wilkie senior (born c.1892) and Daisy Isobel Lewis (c. 1900-1945), his mother died when he was 20 and his younger brother Allan was 16 Wilkie served with the Royal Australian Air Force as a flight lieutenant, where he was posted in England and Europe. He graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Science and then studied meteorology in Melbourne.

Personal life Ray Wilkie brother of Alan Wilkie, a meteorologist and television weather presenter based in Sydney, who also worked for the Commonwealth of Meteorology from 1950 and 1960, and became the first weather presenter on television presenting at the ABC from 1956 to 1960, and then the Seven Network from 1968 to 1976, but was best known for his 25 year tenure presenting bulletins on National Nine News from 1977 until 2001. Alan died in Sydney, New South Wales on 10 July 2023, at the age of 94.

In 1984, he was awarded an OAM in the 1984 Australia Day Honours in recognition of his public service.

Death Ray Wilkie died in Brisbane, Queensland on 18 May 2023, at the age of 98.