This week, the midwestern region and some parts of the south are on high alert for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, including nocturnal tornadoes. Nocturnal Tornadoes are Twice as Deadly Tornadoes at night are more than twice as likely to be deadly as those during the day, according to a study done at Northern Illinois University. After examining […]
After a multiday risk of severe thunderstorms sprang to life across the central United States much of last week, responsible for the deaths of at least 8 people in the region, AccuWeather meteorologists warn that more severe weather is on the way toward the middle of this week across the Plains and Ohio Valley. A […]
Yellowstone National Park’s Echinus Geyser is doing something visitors have not seen in years: it’s erupting again. As AccuWeather reports, on Feb. 7, the geyser logged its first eruption since 2020, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. More eruptions followed, and by Feb. 16, activity had ramped up to eruptions every 2 to […]
March can still deliver wintry weather, but the month comes with a quieter shift that’s easier to notice by the day: The sun hangs around longer in the evening. And as AccuWeather reports, the change isn’t really subtle. By the end of March, many locations will have gained well over an hour of daylight compared […]
The 2026 severe weather season is about to ramp up, and AccuWeather forecasters say that it may look different than last spring’s headline-grabbing tornado outbreaks. “There may be fewer tornadoes reported compared to last year, but that does not mean this will be a quiet severe weather season,” AccuWeather Meteorologist Alex Duffus said. “There is […]
Spring 2026 is a season divided, with large areas of the country expected to have an early arrival of springlike weather, while millions face an extension of winter through the first day of the new season. Although Spring officially begins at 10:46 a.m. EDT on Friday, March 20, AccuWeather’s long-range forecasters report that some areas […]
Late winter storms rolled over the western region Monday night into Tuesday, with widespread rounds of mountain snow in California continuing to dump through Thursday night, causing additional highway and pass closures. As AccuWeather reports, yet more storms are expected to roll in from the Pacific, focusing their energy on the mountains of Northern California […]
Florida isn’t just dry right now — it’s almost wall-to-wall drought. As AccuWeather reports, the only pocket of the state not currently in drought is a small coastal strip between Melbourne and Daytona Beach. But even there, conditions have been abnormally dry. “Nearly 99% of the state is under drought conditions,” says AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson about […]
Yosemite National Park’s viral “Firefall” is due to return any day now, and the question heading into mid- to late February is the same as always: Will Horsetail Fall be flowing, and will the sky be clear enough at sunset for the famous glow to show up? As AccuWeather reports, peak dates for the natural […]
The second month of the year is the snowiest for many regions of the United States, and for other areas, the peak in snowfall occurs even later toward the springtime. As AccuWeather reports, Climatologist Brian Brettschneider compiled snowfall data from around the United States and Canada, creating a map to show which month is the […]