Steve MacLaughlin

Steve grew up in New Jersey and joined News 8 in January of 2011. He has worked at WPIX in New York City, WPHL in Philadelphia, KXAS in Dallas and at The Weather Channel in Atlanta. Early in his career he was a weather producer at NBC New York and "The Today Show," but his first on-air job was at News 12 Connecticut.

MacLaughlin graduated with honors from Rutgers University in 1998 and received the American Meteorological Society Television Seal Of Approval in 1999. Steve has been nominated for five Emmy Awards including "Best Weathercaster" three times. He has won two Emmys and a "Best Weathercast" award by the Associated Press.

Latest Articles

  • Dense Fog Tonight
    A Dense Fog Advisory is in effect from midnight to 10am Tuesday. The advisory is in effect for the entire Shoreline of CT. A combination of very high humidity and light southwesterly winds will allow...
  • Warm, Wet Week; Cooler, Dry Weekend
    Sunday evening video forecast discussion from @stevemacweather - Mainly dry and warm Monday - Isolated storms could cause downpours - On & off showers and storm most of the week - Drying out for...
  • Rain Almost Every Day Next Week
    Saturday evening video forecast discussion from @stevemacweather - Cloudy, Cooler Sunday - Unsettled Workweek - Improving For Memorial Day Weekend
  • Top-Ten Day Thursday
    Wednesday evening video forecast discussion from @stevemacweather - Showers ending tonight - Amazing weather Thursday - Nice weather continues Friday - Weekend is looking good too
  • CT Chill Keeping Cicadas Underground for Now By Darren Kramer
    This article was written by my good buddy and talented News 8 Anchor Darren Kramer: The chilly couple of days we’ve had this week are not only putting a crimp in our springtime mojo, they are delaying...
  • Frost...Showers...Then Perfect!
    Tuesday evening video forecast discussion from @stevemacweather - Frost Advisory Tonight - Showers & T'Storms Tomorrow - Perfect Weather Thursday...Best Day Of The Week
  • Will We Break Records Tonight?
    The big weather story continues to be the likely formation of frost and even the possible drop to the freezing mark in some spots tonight. Lows tonight will no doubt be in the 30s. Here are the numbers to...
  • Frost And Freeze Update
    The latest advisories for tonight's expected cold temperatures have now been issued by all three National Weather Service offices (New York, Boston, Albany) that cover the eight counties of Connecticut. A...
  • Something You Don't See Much
    Here in Connecticut, we are getting ready for something that we don't see much...the threat for freezing temps in the middle of May. But the Northwest is seeeing something odd too. Check out the...
  • Nice For Mom After AM Showers
    Saturday evening video forecast discussion from @stevemacweather - Scattered showers tonight & Sunday morning - Nice for Mother's Day in the afternoon, but windy - Cooler but nice Mon - Wed - Showers...
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