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: Morning clouds yield to afternoon sun
A cold front is swinging through the Chicago area this morning. Clouds and some gusty winds will be along with it.
Chicago weather: Expect mild winds and light showers today
Chicago will be windy and mild today, just not as warm as Monday. Highs will be in the low to mid 70s.
Chicago weather: Summer lives on
Chicago has a remarkably warm day in store. The record is 87 degrees and it should stand but we won’t be that far away.
Chicago weather: Frosty start with a sunny finish
Chicago got off to a cold start Wednesday with some spots already freezing as of this writing.
Chicago weather: Lake-effect showers and unseasonable cold arrive, frost expected tonight
Lake-effect showers are dampening parts of the Chicago area this morning.
Chicago weather: Streak of warm days ends as cooler air arrives
Sunday was the 35th day in a row with at-or-above-normal temperatures in Chicago. Today will not be the 36th.
Chicago weather: Unseasonably warm Friday before weekend brings temperature swings and showers
This week’s spectacular display of the Northern Lights will go down as one of the most-photographed events in history, as enthusiasts around the globe rushed to capture the dazzling auroras.
Chicago weather: Sunny skies Thursday, cooler weather expected over the weekend
It will be sunny Thursday with highs in the mid-70s, slightly cooler near the lake.
Chicago weather: Cooler weekend ahead after heat spike
Sunny and mild weather is expected Wednesday and Thursday, with highs ranging from the upper 60s near the lake to the upper 70s well west of the city.
Chicago weather: Temps return to the 70s
Sunny days and clear nights are the rule for Chicago the next few days.