Last year, the U.S. experienced 14 weather and climate disasters with losses exceeding $1 billion each and totaling approximately $45 billion. At least 44 people died and many more were injured. Keep Reading
The average U.S. temperature for the year to date (January through October) was 55.5 degrees F, (0.5 of a degree above the 20th-century average). Keep Reading
The average global temperature in August was 1.66 degrees F above the 20th-century average of 60.1 degrees, tying it with 2015 and 2017 as the second-hottest August in the 140-year record. Keep Reading
They originally had set out to analyze the samples to study rainwater for nitrogen pollution levels. Instead, they found something much more tragic. Keep Reading
Rain – and plenty of it – was the big weather story in June, adding to a record-breaking 12 months of precipitation for the contiguous U.S. Keep Reading
Many people may picture a funnel cloud emerging from the bottom of a dark mass of thunderstorms and then extending to the ground. Keep Reading
Researchers say the new radar should be ready to collect experimental weather data for the first time during severe weather season in spring 2019. Keep Reading
The shift could be deadly because the area with increasing tornado activity is bigger and home to more people, said study lead author. Keep Reading