Weather

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

Treehugger Voices

We Need to Learn to Love All Kinds of Weather

Environment

What Kind of Weather Can We Expect This Winter?

Health & Well-being

How Changes in Barometric Pressure Affect the Human Body

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
Health & Well-being
My Winter Morning and Evening Skin Care Routine
Environment
Arctic Blast Shatters Records Across the Country
Weather
This Terrifying Hailstone May Have Set a New World Record
Health & Well-being
Why Does the Cold Bother Some People More?
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
10 Quotes to Help You Jump Into Spring
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
Weather
7 Strange Ice Formations
Weather
What Is a King Tide?
Weather
10 Warming Winter Dishes From Around the World
Weather
'Blood Snow' Invades the Antarctic
Weather
Bizarre Summer Hailstorm Covers Guadalajara in Ice
Weather
Snow Turns Sedona Into Winter Wonderland
Weather
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
What Happens When You Blow Bubbles When It's Minus 49 Degrees?
Weather
Tumbleweed Blitz Sparks Panic, Raises Ire in California Town
Weather
Why Does Autumn Have Two Names?
Treehugger Voices
Video: I Left Eggs Out in the Polar Vortex and Something Weird Happened
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'?
Health & Well-being
Why Does Humidity Make You Feel So Awful?
Weather
Why Does Snow Make the World So Quiet?
Weather
9 Freaky Phenomena Revealing How Warm This Winter Was
Weather
10 Places With Gorgeous Weather, All the Time
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
Health & Well-being
Keep Exercising, Even When It's Cold
Weather
What Is Thundersnow?
Weather
How L.A. Is Beating the Heat With White-Painted Streets
Weather
What Causes a Heat Wave?
Weather
Derecho: Destructive Winds With a Catchy Name
Weather
What Is a Frost Quake?
Weather
7 Things That Put the Melting of Boston's Outrageous Snow Pile Into Perspective
Weather
Runaway Boats Crash Into Bridges and Riverbanks on the Hudson River
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
Winter Weather Can Be Frightful (And if You Don't Live in Erie, It Can Also Be Fun)
Weather
Normal Winter Weather Is Not a Crisis
Community
Bakers Trapped Inside Houston Bakery Made Bread for Two Days Straight
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
Pets
Cow Has a Blast With Hay Bale on Snowy Day
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
Dramatic Videos Capture the Moment a Massive Iceberg Breaks Away From a Glacier
Weather
7 Snowstorms That Crippled the East Coast
Weather
North Pole Melts, Forms Lake at Top of the World
Health & Well-being
10 Ways to Fight the Winter Blues
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
Health & Well-being
7 Ways to Protect Yourself From the Sun
Wildlife
Serene Snowy Owl Goes With the Floe
Health & Well-being
Don't Hibernate This Winter
Weather
How to Survive the New Weather Normal
Renewable Energy
Reason for Rooftop Solar #419: Ice Storms
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
What Is a Horseshoe Cloud?
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
Climate Crisis
Rainiest Day in Toronto's History Floods City
Weather
How to Enjoy a Blizzard
Weather
Coldest Inhabited Place on Earth Gets So Cold the Thermometer Breaks
Weather
We're Starting to Normalize Extreme Weather
Health & Well-being
How to Survive Pollen Season (Without Locking Yourself Inside the House)
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
Weather
What Is an Atmospheric River?
Planet Earth
11 Stunning Images of Rainbows and Their Less-Famous Cousins
Weather
Beat the Heat in the Big City
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
It's So Cold, Niagara Falls Is an Icy Wonderland
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
Health & Well-being
How to Stay Cool When You're Exercising in the Heat
Weather
Rural Vignettes Capture the Warmth of Winter
Automotive
Cold Weather Kills Electric Car Range
Health & Well-being
Why You Should Run Outdoors This Winter - And How to Enjoy It
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
Why Is It Snowing in the Sahara?
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
Wind and Solar Farms Could Bring Regular Rains to the Sahara Desert
Weather
About That New Bermuda Triangle Theory ...
Weather
Weird Geometric 'Cloud Trails' Are More Proof of Humanity's Footprint on Climate
Pets
A Hot Weather Survival Guide for Dogs
Health & Well-being
Your Tongue Is Stuck to a Pole. Now What?
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 the Amazon Triggers Its Own Rainy Season
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 10 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
Weather
How Often Are Animals Struck by Lightning?
Environment
Ottawa Is World's Coldest Capital (At Least Today)
Space
On This Planet, It Snows Sunscreen
Sustainable Eating
11 Great Storm Foods
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?
Animals
N.J. Man Heeds a Call for Help in Texas and Saves a Drowning Bull
Environment
Paris Hasn't Seen This Much Snow in 5 Years
Weather
Watch Storms and Stars Sail Over the Colorado River
Weather
6 Ways You Know It's Crazy-Cold Outside
Environment
Mom Walks 26 Miles in the Snow to Save Family Stranded During a Blizzard
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
Did You Know: There's a Word for the Smell of Fresh Rain
Weather
What Exactly Is a Rainbow?
Weather
Sometimes, It's Just Too Hot to Fly
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
Rocks Give Their Hidden Moisture to Trees in Times of Drought
Environment
Woolly Bear Caterpillars, Meteorologists Predict Mild Winter
Weather
NOAA's Lightning Tracker Makes Flashy Debut
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)
Weather
Man Creates Colossal Snow Artworks With His Feet (Photos)
Weather
"Winters of My Life" - The Story of a Man Who's Spent the Last 35 Winters at Yosemite (Video)
Environment
A New Kind of Cloud? Say Hello to the Undulatus Asperatus
Weather
Storm Chaser Shoots Supercell Thunderstorm Timelapse in Ultra-High Definition (Video)
Weather
This Fire Tornado (Aka Firenado) Is Wicked Awesome but Wicked Scary (Video)
Weather
Pilot's Cockpit Photos Show Sky's Drama Like You've Never Seen It
Family
Let's Teach Kids to Love Winter, Not Fear It
Weather
Are We Ready for 'Gray Swan' Storms?
Weather
99% of Texas Still Suffers Severe Drought, Despite Recent Record-Breaking Rains
Weather
Punxsutawney Phil Is Correct Only 52 Percent of the Time
Climate Crisis
Yellow Cedar Die-Off in Alaska Linked to Global Warming
Climate Crisis
NASA: Last Spring Was the Hottest on Record
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
Environment
Much of US South Experiencing Extreme Drought - Let the Water Wars Begin
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
Strange Wave-Shaped Clouds Roll Across Mount Pisgah
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