Thomas Ethelbert Skilling, III (born February 20, 1952), known on-air as Tom Skilling, is an American television meteorologist. He was born in Aurora, Illinois, but works in Chicago, Illinois. He is chief meteorologist for the weekday on WGN-TV (channel 9). He is the highest paid local broadcast meteorologist in the United States. He also writes the daily weather column in the "Chicago Tribune".