A town of 5,200 just inside the California border along Route 66 now boasts a scorching new record — the hottest monthly average temperature in the country. As the Los Angeles Times reports, Needles averaged 103.2 degrees in July, surpassing Phoenix’s highest average temperature last July of 102.7 degrees, according to the Arizona State Climate […]
Tropical Storm Debby – the fourth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season – formed Saturday in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm follows Tropical Storms Alberto and Chris, and deadly and destructive Hurricane Beryl, which wreaked havoc across the U.S. in July. As USA Today reports, Debby is expected to […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is teaming up with United Airlines to measure greenhouse gases and pollutants in the sky during domestic flights. As UPI reports, the multi-year agreement, announced last week, will equip a Boeing 737 with an instrument package to improve monitoring of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases. The equipment […]
AccuWeather meteorologists are tracking a feature over the Atlantic Ocean that has a chance of evolving into a tropical storm before approaching the United States later this week or early next. The feature has some hurdles along the way, but conditions may become more favorable for development later on, especially as it approaches the U.S. During […]
Wildfires are raging out of control in the Western United States and Canada – destroying homes, forcing evacuations and injuring residents. One inferno has reportedly destroyed the historic mining community of Havilah in Kern County, California. And in Northern California, the Park Fire has scorched more than 360,000 acres – an area larger than the […]
Yellowstone National Park’s Biscuit Basin will remain closed for the remainder of the 2024 season following a hydrothermal explosion last week that launched debris hundreds of feet in the air and damaged the surrounding area, officials with the National Park Service and the US Geological Survey said in a statement on July 24. As AccuWeather reports, Biscuit Basin – […]
Bad news, heat haters: The dog days of summer are not, as Florence Welch once sang, over or done. As CNN Weather reports, the “dog days of summer,” the period during which the star Sirius rises alongside the sun, run from July 3 to August 11. Ancient people believed that Sirius influenced the weather, among other phenomena, that […]
A surprise eruption in Yellowstone National Park shot steam, water and dark-colored rock and dirt high into the sky Tuesday and sent sightseers running for safety. As ABC News reports, the hydrothermal explosion happened around 10 a.m. in Biscuit Basin, a collection of hot springs a couple miles north of the famous Old Faithful Geyser. Video posted […]
Heat is normal during the summer, but this year’s has been anything but, and halfway through the season’s hottest month it’s clear this one is for the record books. As CNN Weather reports, hundreds of cities in nearly every US state – including parts of Alaska and Hawaii – are on track for one of […]
The cosmos provided a full moon for the 55th anniversary of the first lunar landing over the weekend, and plenty of other events honored Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s giant leap. Aldrin, 94, the last surviving member of the Apollo 11 crew, headlined a gala at the San Diego Air and Space Museum on Saturday night. He […]