Weather

Keep up to date with current and historic weather events, and explore the world of both common and obscure meteorological terms.

Winter Storm Uri Brings Ice And Snow Across Widespread Parts Of Nation

Environment

How is the Polar Vortex Linked to Climate Change?

Treehugger Voices

We Need to Learn to Love All Kinds of Weather

Environment

What Kind of Weather Can We Expect This Winter?

Weather
What Causes Wind to Blow?
Weather
Saharan Dust: Definition, Properties, and Impact
Weather
Weather vs. Climate: What Is the Difference?
Weather
What Is Heat Lightning? Definition and Misconceptions
Weather
What Is a Microburst?
Weather
Meet El Nino and La Nina, Weather’s Most Popular (Fraternal) Twins
Environment
Death Valley Hits Record 130 degrees
Weather
Everything You Need to Know About Clouds
Weather
What Are the Different Types of Lightning?
Weather
Why Does Rain Smell?
Weather
7 Things to Know About the Summer Solstice
Weather
How Hurricanes Are Named (And Why)
Weather
The Real Meaning of the 'Dog Days of Summer'
Weather
NASA Wants People to Look at the Clouds
Weather
Yes, Normal Weather IS a Crisis
Weather
8 Things to Know About the Vernal Equinox
Weather
9 of the Coldest Places in the World to Live
Natural Science
How Do Trees Survive Winter?
Weather
How to Prepare for a Blizzard
Environment
Arctic Blast Shatters Records Across the Country
Weather
This Terrifying Hailstone May Have Set a New World Record
Weather
Whatever Happened to Autumn?
Treehugger Voices
Notes From a Snowstorm
Weather
Here's When Fall Leaves Will Peak in Your Region
Science
An Alarming Amount of Toxic Mercury Can Now Be Found in Coastal Fog
Environment
These Australian Ants Are Bucking the 'Insect Apocalypse' Trend
Garden
How You Can Use Australian Landscaping Ideas to Create a Drought-Tolerant Garden
Pollution
California's Iconic Fog Is Bringing Super-Toxic Mercury Ashore
Weather
Hot Weather Increases Risk of Premature Childbirth
Weather
How the New 5G Network Could Wreak Havoc on Weather Forecasts
Weather
France Is Being Hit by a Massive Heat Wave. Will It Change the Country and the Culture?
Weather
12 Signs That a Hard Winter Is Coming
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7 Strange Ice Formations
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What Is a King Tide?
Weather
10 Warming Winter Dishes From Around the World
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'Blood Snow' Invades the Antarctic
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Bizarre Summer Hailstorm Covers Guadalajara in Ice
Weather
Snow Turns Sedona Into Winter Wonderland
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Expect a Mostly Mild Winter — but Mild Doesn't Mean No Surprises, Says NOAA
Weather
Finding the Fibonacci Sequence in a Hurricane
Weather
San Francisco's Famous Fog Spellbinds in Haunting Short Film
Environment
Rare Weather Phenomenon Triggers Air-Quality Alerts in D.C.
Environment
You Can Thank the Polar Vortex for This Beastly Blast of Winter
Weather
Tumbleweed Blitz Sparks Panic, Raises Ire in California Town
Weather
Why Does Autumn Have Two Names?
Weather
Sinking Temperatures Jumpstart Winter Transformation of Yellowstone Waterfall
Weather
What Is a Landspout?
Weather
Huge, Life-Threatening Waves Are Slamming U.S. West Coast
Wildlife
Huge Numbers of Frozen Sea Turtles Are Washing Up in Cape Cod
Weather
What Is a Snow Squall?
Weather
Why It's So Hard to Predict Snowfall Accurately
Weather
What Is a 'Bombogenesis'?
Weather
Why Does Snow Make the World So Quiet?
Weather
9 Freaky Phenomena Revealing How Warm This Winter Was
Weather
10 Places With Warm Weather All Year
Weather
Blame the Dew Point, Not the Humidity
Weather
What Is a Haboob?
Wildlife
Watch These Horses Frolic in the Snow
Wildlife
Geese With Ice-Covered Beaks Get a Helping Hand From Humans
Sustainable Fashion
Why Don't People Understand Winter Coats?
Weather
10 of the Windiest Places in the World
Weather
What Is Thundersnow?
Weather
How L.A. Is Beating the Heat With White-Painted Streets
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What Causes a Heat Wave?
Weather
Derecho: Destructive Winds With a Catchy Name
Weather
What Is a Frost Quake?
Environment
Heat Wave in U.K., Ireland Reveals Ancient Settlements
Environment
Dramatic Video Captures 'Tsunami From Heaven'
Weather
Macro Photos of Snowflakes Show Impossibly Perfect Designs
Weather
Normal Winter Weather Is Not a Crisis
Pets
How to Protect Your Pets During Cold Weather
Environment
Europe Swelters Under Devastating Heat Wave
Weather
How Do Hurricanes Affect Birds?
Weather
What Is a Waterspout?
Weather
Flaking Out: How Snow Forms
Science
Spring Is Arriving Earlier and Earlier
Environment
Road Salt's Catch-22: It Works, but at a Price
Weather
What Are Megaslumps, and How Do They Threaten Our Planet?
Weather
Monster 75-Foot Wave Loomed Off the California Coast During the Holiday Weekend
Weather
Winter Is Coming and It's Going to Be Awful, Warns Farmers' Almanac
Environment
Price Tag on Nebraska Flooding Exceeds $1B
Climate Crisis
Why Global Warming Won't Curtail Big Snowstorms
Weather
Cold Weather Is Good for You (Really)
Weather
Hold the Salt, Please
Weather
Has the Era of Category 6 Hurricanes Arrived?
Weather
Top 10 Reasons to Love Winter Until the Bitter End
Weather
Why Wind Chill Matters
Weather
What Is a Stormquake?
Weather
7 Snowstorms That Crippled the East Coast
Weather
North Pole Melts, Forms Lake at Top of the World
Weather
How to Handle Really Hot Weather
Weather
13 Quotes About the Cozy Nostalgia of Autumn
Weather
What Exactly Is an Indian Summer?
Weather
What Is a Circumhorizontal Arc?
Weather
Are There Really 50 Eskimo Words for Snow?
Environment
Bizarre Autumn Snowstorm Blasts Western U.S.
Environment
Snowtastic: East Coast Snowed in -- Again
Weather
What Is Storm Surge and Why Is It Dangerous?
Weather
When Is Tornado Season?
Weather
What Does Thunder Look Like?
Garden
The Shame Game: Celebrities Under Fire for Lush Green Lawns
Environment
Famed Azure Window Arch in Malta Is No More
Wildlife
Serene Snowy Owl Goes With the Floe
Weather
How to Survive the New Weather Normal
Sustainable Eating
7 Recipes for Snow
Weather
What Are Diablo Winds?
Science
How California's Improving Air Quality Is Putting a Dent in the Region's Dangerous Fog
Weather
'Fog Tsunamis' Are One of Nature's Most Terrifying Pranks
Weather
Fractal Scarring: The Amazing Mark Left Behind on a Lightning Strike Survivor
Environment
Chicago Will Be Colder Than Antarctica This Week
Weather
How to Enjoy a Blizzard
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Coldest Inhabited Place on Earth Gets So Cold the Thermometer Breaks
Weather
We're Starting to Normalize Extreme Weather
Green Design
Lessons From the Polar Vortex: Build Resilient and Passive
Environment
Watch Firefighters Battle a 'Firenado' in the U.K.
Science
Azaleas Are the Talk of the Town as Masters Week Approaches
Weather
8 Cities With Weatherproof Walkways
Planet Earth
11 Stunning Images of Rainbows and Their Less-Famous Cousins
Weather
'Angel' Cloud Spreads Her Wings in Texas Sky
Weather
You Know It's Winter When It Snows in the Desert
Weather
11 of the Hottest Places on Earth
Weather
Why This Polar Vortex Is So Dangerous
Weather
What Is Cloud Seeding, and Does It Really Work?
Weather
9 Ominous Images of Roll Clouds
Weather
What's the Deal With Those Giant Ice Balls Washing Ashore on Lake Michigan?
Weather
Is Seattle Really the Rainiest City in the U.S.?
Weather
Earth's Most Weather-Resilient Cultures
Weather
Mystery of Why the Bottom of the Pacific Ocean Is Getting Colder Might Finally Be Solved
Weather
Why Lightning Is So Much Deadlier for Animals Than It Is for Humans
Weather
Polar Vortex: It's Baaaaack!
Weather
8 Places to Escape the Heat of Summer in the Southern Hemisphere
Automotive
Cold Weather Kills Electric Car Range
Natural Science
Can a Butterfly Flapping Its Wings Really Cause a Hurricane?
Weather
Acid Rain: What Causes It and What Effects Does It Have?
Weather
A Shadow of a Drought
Weather
It's That Time of Year When the Swiss Wrap Their Famed Glacier in Blankets — and Hope
DIY
Frozen Pipes? How to Prevent Them and How to Fix Them
Weather
What Is the Difference Between Hail and Sleet?
Natural Science
Why Does Salt Melt Ice, and What Else Is It Doing?
Weather
9 Scary Images of Shelf Clouds
Weather
Strange Ice Circles Appear in Lakes and Rivers in Winter
Weather
About That New Bermuda Triangle Theory ...
Pets
A Hot Weather Survival Guide for Dogs
Weather
What Causes Lightning?
Garden
How to Water Your Yard During a Drought
Weather
What's the Difference Between the Farmers' Almanac and the Old Farmer's Almanac?
Weather
Fulgurites: When Lightning Strikes Sand, Magic Is Formed
Weather
13 Ominous Photos and Videos of Roll Clouds
Weather
7 Types of Fog You Didn't Know Had Names
Weather
How One Man's 40 Years of Weather Records Became a Treasure Trove of Climate Change Data
Environment
Huntsville, Ala., Is the Worst City in America for Tornado Damage
Weather
What in the World Is Graupel?
Art & Media
15 Spectacular Shots From Weather Photographer of the Year Contest
Weather
5 Things You Didn't Know About Rain
Weather
Mysterious Blue Snow Falls Over Parts of Russia
Environment
Meteorological Winter Arrives With a Roar in North America
Weather
The 9 Windiest Cities in the US
Environment
What to Expect for This Winter’s Weather
Weather
Who's Going to Get a White Christmas?
Environment
Epic Lightning Bolt Strikes America's Tallest Skyscraper
Climate Crisis
Appalachia Offers Climate Refuge, Study Finds
Animals
Even Penguins Think This Weather Is Too Much
Weather
'Everlasting Storm' Has 1 Million Lightning Strikes a Year
Weather
8 Hacks to Solve Tricky Winter Problems
Weather
16 Meteorologists With Ridiculous Names
Weather
3 Reasons Not to Expect a 'Mini Ice Age' in 2030
Weather
Massive Winter Storm Heads for the Plains
Weather
8 People Struck by Lightning Who Lived to Talk About It
Weather
It Wouldn't Be Winter in Finland Without a Dip in a Frozen Lake
Environment
Ottawa Is World's Coldest Capital (At Least Today)
Environment
You Know It's Hot Outside When the Traffic Lights Are Melting
Weather
Dueling Winter Forecasts Prove It's Impossible to Predict the Weather
Weather
What Is a Glory?
Environment
Paris Hasn't Seen This Much Snow in 5 Years
Weather
6 Ways You Know It's Crazy-Cold Outside
Weather
What Is Freezing Fog?
Weather
Scientists Propose Giant Air Conditioning System to 'Refreeze' the Arctic
Environment
Scientists Chase the Rare 'Morning Glory Wave' Cloud (Video)
Weather
'Pursuit' Is a Stunning Paean to Thunderstorms
Weather
Where in the World Does Lightning Strike the Most?
Weather
How Dangerous Are Thunderstorms?
Treehugger Voices
A Canadian's Guide to Surviving Frigid Winters
Active
Why You Should Soak in a Hot Bath After Exercising in the Heat
Science
Snowmaking at 70 Degrees? It's Possible (With a $2 Million Device)
Weather
Melting Ice Could Release Ancient Viruses Hidden in Glaciers
Science
Baby Hurricane Forms Over Lake Erie
Weather
Do Changes in Atmospheric Pressure Cause Asthma Attacks?
Weather
What Is the Blue Hour? Learn About This Magic Time Between Daylight and Darkness
Treehugger Voices
7 Reasons I Love Fall
Weather
Warmer Temperatures May Cause More Girl Births
Garden
6 First Aid Tips to Help Trees After a Storm
Weather
Why Do So Many Manholes Explode During the Wintertime?
Weather
Cold Is Deadlier Than Heat
Weather
5 Phenomenal Time-Lapse Videos of Fog
Environment
News Flash: 200-Mile Lightning Sets World Record
Weather
Say Hello to the 11 New Cloud Atlas Inductees
Environment
11 New Kinds of Clouds Named in Updated International Cloud Atlas (Video)
Environment
A New Kind of Cloud? Say Hello to the Undulatus Asperatus
Weather
99% of Texas Still Suffers Severe Drought, Despite Recent Record-Breaking Rains
Weather
5 Unbelievably True Facts About Lightning
Weather
What in the World Are Mammatus Clouds?
Weather
How Snowflakes Are Formed
Weather
What Is Lake-Effect Snow?
Weather
The Most Extreme Bolts of Lightning Strike in Winter
Weather
Why Do Leaves Change Color in Autumn?
Weather
How Lenticular Clouds Are Formed
Weather
This Is Life in Yakutsk, the Coldest Place on Earth
Weather
Looking Back at Superstorm Sandy
Weather
The 11 Most Devastating Blizzards in U.S. History
Natural Disasters
The 5 Best Earthquake Insurance Companies of 2021
Weather
This Nice 1-Minute Video Explains the Difference Between Climate & Weather
Science
12 Facts About the First Day of Fall
Weather
The Unbelievable World of Snowflakes