A new analysis of historical jet stream behavior reveals that increases in jet stream waviness accounted for 55-71% of winter ...

The Founding Fathers who gathered in Philadelphia to adopt the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 picked a nice day ...

Rapid intensification can make hurricanes more dangerous in a short period, leaving less time for preparation and response.

While widespread issues from firework pollution is not expected, air quality on a local scale can get hazardous for short ...

In the atmospheric layer above it, about 10 to 30 miles up, is the stratospheric polar vortex, where every winter a sunlight-starved Arctic spins up a mass of cold air that, ultimately, dissipates ...

Folks may notice hazy conditions and hotter days that continue into the following week, the NOAA reports. Around this time, ...

On the day in 1990 when temperatures at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport reached 122 degrees, air traffic was stopped ...

The cloud is causing elevated particle pollution in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina, and could reach the Triad this weekend depending on weather systems.

As a persistent “heat dome” fuels extreme temperatures for millions, UVA professor Robert Davis explains what’s typical this ...

A rapidly warming Arctic is driving long-lasting summer extremes, such as this month’s sweltering temperatures, new research ...

Dangerously hot and humid conditions are choking nearly the entire eastern half of the United States this week, caused by a “heat dome” that's parked over parts of the country ...

Clouds play an important role in regulating the climate. Bright ones at low altitudes generally reflect solar energy away, ...