He is a 1972 graduate of Centennial High School[1] He received his bachelor's degree in meteorology from Florida State University.
He currently (as of 2017) shares the weather deal with morning weather meteorologists’ Ken Barlow and Jonathan Yuhas, both who had previously had been at KARE-TV during the 1990s and 2000s (Barlow was Chief Meteorologist of KARE after its longtime chief Paul Douglas moved to WBBM in Chicago in 1994, and moved to WCCO in 1997).
Along with the KSTP-TV news team, he received the 2003 Upper Midwest Emmy Award for Single Newscast.
[5] He cites the sun's impact as the primary influence in global warming[6] and not greenhouse gasses.
On December 30, 2020, Dave Dahl signed off one last time at the end of the 6:30 pm Newscast after 43 years of being at 5 Eyewitness News.