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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: Watch for more storms today
Chicago won’t be quite as warm as yesterday with mostly cloudy skies. Highs will range from the upper 70s far north to lower 80s for the rest of Chicagoland.
Chicago weather: Watch for showers and storms later today
Chicago will be warm today with scattered showers and a few storms likely by late afternoon. Highs will reach the mid 80s.
Chicago weather: Mild with a small chance of a shower
Skies will be partly sunny with highs in the low to mid 80s-slightly cooler by the lake. Tonight will be moonlit and mild with lows in the mid to upper 60s.
Chicago weather: Eyeing a wonderful weekend
Pleasant weather is on the way right through the weekend.
Chicago weather: Sunshine, mild stretch to round out the week
Today will be partly to mostly sunny with humidity levels decreasing during the day across the Chicago area.
Chicago weather: Cleanup underway following widespread storm damage
A long day of cleanup is underway after the Chicago area was slammed with severe storms Monday night.
Chicago weather: Heat advisory hits ahead of more severe storms
Storms have exited Chicagoland as of 3 a.m. but we aren’t done with severe weather.
Chicago weather: Heating up into the weekend
Today looks good. It will be mostly to partly sunny and warm with highs in the mid to upper 80s but cooler by the lake.
Chicago weather: Pleasant break ahead of hot, humid weekend
Skies will be partly to mostly cloudy with a small chance of a shower or storm today.
Chicago weather: Mild today with spotty showers
Chicago will be partly sunny and mild today with highs in the low 80s and a small chance of shower or storm.