Mike Caplan
Mike Caplan is a meteorologist for FOX 32’s Good Day Chicago. He joined the WFLD team in December 2015.
Caplan was born and raised in the northern suburbs and has called Chicago home for most of his life. After graduating Warren Township High School in Gurnee, he earned an Associate’s Degree from the College of Lake County. From there, he went on to earn his Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communications from Illinois State University.
His first job after college was in Champaign-Urbana, IL at WCIA. While there, he reported news before being promoted to weekend and noon weather anchor. Caplan also co-hosted the station’s PM Magazine show and earned a one-on-one interview with President Ronald Reagan at the White House — one of the very first reporters granted such access.
In 1987, Caplan was hired by WTVD in Raleigh-Durham, NC as chief weather anchor. Two years later, he was selected to also co-anchor the station’s early evening newscast in addition to his weather duties. While there, he covered everything from tornadoes to hurricanes to snowstorms.
In 1994, Caplan came back home to Chicago to work for WLS-TV. He earned his meteorologist credentials from Mississippi State University and became the 4 p.m. weekday meteorologist.
Caplan joined FOX 32 in December of 2015 as the station’s morning meteorologist for Good Day Chicago.
When he isn’t predicting the weather for FOX and his audience on social media, he is an accomplished and published photographer. He and his wife own a photographic and web design business in the northern suburbs.
Caplan is also an adjunct instructor at the College of Lake County where he teaches photography. He and his wife Laura are avid travelers and seem drawn to cold places like Iceland and Yellowstone in the winter.
Caplan still calls the northern suburbs home where he lives with his wife and teenage son.
The latest from Mike Caplan
Chicago weather: Storms move in this afternoon
Today will be almost as warm as Mother's Day but showers and storms move in during the afternoon after a dry morning.
Chicago weather: Big warmup for Mother's Day
A lovely weekend is on the way.
Chicago weather: Primed for another wet day
Showers are popping up over Chicagoland on Thursday with some embedded thunderstorms. This will likely slow the morning commute.
Chicago weather: Sunshine today with showers and storms tonight
Chicago will get off to a quiet start to the day. Skies will be mostly sunny with a nice warmup in store.
Chicago weather: Storms, hail and damaging winds hit the area
A Tornado Watch expired Tuesday night after being issued for all of Chicagoland and parts of Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin until 8 p.m.
Chicago weather: Temps bounce back into the 70s Monday
Sunshine will prevail in Chicago today with temps reaching the mid-70s.
Wrigley's breeze, Guaranteed Rate's heat: How climate change is impacting baseball in Chicago
With the start of this year's Crosstown Classic just a month away, the Cubs and White Sox have more to worry about than just each other. Mother Nature is also upping her game.
Chicago weather: Stormy start to a warm weekend
Today begins with some filtered sunshine but showers and maybe a rumble of thunder arrive around midday.
Chicago weather: Frosty this morning but big warmup awaits
Chicago got off to a cold and frosty start Thursday with widespread temps at or below freezing outside the urban heat island.
Chicago weather: Caught in a cold snap
Highs today will range from the mid 40s near the lake to the mid 50s well west of Chicago.