Weather

Summer is here—in April? Many East Coast states will see unusually hot days this week

Atmospheric scientist Perry Samson was doing fieldwork when he was unexpectedly caught inside a tornado—making him one of the few such people who have lived to tell the tale

An astoundingly strong heat wave is not just setting records across the western U.S.—it’s pulverizing them

About 800,000 acres have burned because of these fires, with at least one person reported dead

From blizzard conditions in the Midwest to a heat wave in the western U.S. to flooding in Hawaii, March has brought wild weather to the country

Though it may surprise East Coasters, the story of this winter was not record cold but record heat

Known as “La Calima,” this desert dust plume could hit Spain, Portugal and France, bringing with it grit-laden, rust-colored rainfall

Thunderstorms can generate weak electrical discharges on the plants underneath, but until now, they had never been observed in nature

Blizzards are a real-life example of what game theorists call the “snowdrift problem,” a cousin of the prisoner’s dilemma that offers clues to why we choose to cooperate

School is out as heavy, wet snow blankets parts of the Northeast. Though it will be a pain to shovel, it makes for perfect snowballs and the most structurally sound snowmen

Blizzards can bring a ton of snow, but here’s what else they feature

Record warmth followed by a huge snowfall led to the recent avalanche that killed at least eight skiers