Tag: Accuweather

What did Punxsutawney Phil See on Sunday? What does He (and Meteorologists) say about How Much Winter is Left?

Statue of Punxsutawney Phil outside Phil's Burrow building in Gobbler's Knob

Punxsutawney Phil is predicting six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow at Gobbler’s Knob Sunday morning.  As CBS News reports, thousands of people gather every Feb. 2 to watch Phil make his big prediction at Gobbler’s Knob, about an hour and a half drive from Pittsburgh in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. This year’s crowd was […]

How Weather Shaped History: Revisiting the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on Jan. 28, 1986

The chilly morning of Jan. 28, 1986, ended in disaster as the space shuttle Challenger broke apart off the coast of Florida in one of the worst tragedies in the history of NASA. As AccuWeather reports, the mission, known as STS-51-L, was Challenger’s 10th flight and the 25th flight of the space shuttle program. The […]

More Santa Ana Winds Pose Significant Threat to Southern California This Week

Just when they thought it was over…. While gusty winds took a long break over Southern California this past weekend, allowing ample progress to be made in containing existing wildfires, AccuWeather meteorologists have warned that winds will ramp up into Tuesday. A strong zone of high pressure is building across the Rocky Mountains early this week. As […]

Elyse Walker’s Pacific Palisades Flagship Store is Lost in L.A. Wildfires

Amid the ongoing devastation from the multiple wildfires happening across Los Angeles, a number of the city’s most beloved businesses and institutions have been impacted, if not destroyed entirely. According to a preliminary estimate by AccuWeather, the fires are expected to cost California up to $57 billion in damages and economic loss. As Fashionista reports, Elyse […]

These Simple Hacks can take the Pain out of Shoveling Snow

Closeup of person shoveling snow on walkway

If done incorrectly, shoveling snow can lead to injury and even death. Not only is shoveling snow a lot of work, but did you know that about 100 people in the United States die every winter while shoveling? That’s a sobering statistic. Changing the way you shovel can make your cleanup much easier, quicker and save you from […]

2024 Tornado Season was Second Worst on Record

Tornado

The year 2024 will go down in history as the second-worst tornado season on record, beating 2011, NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center’s said Friday. After a late December tornado outbreak with at least 88 twisters, 1,735 tornadoes have been confirmed so far in the United States from 1,880 preliminary reports during the year. As AccuWeather reports, that […]

Debunking Cold-Weather Myths

“Don’t go out in cold weather with wet hair or you’ll catch a cold!” As AccuWeather reports, many people have heard this sentiment throughout their lifetimes from well-meaning parents or grandparents. Many have passed the advice along to their own children. But just how true are these cold weather warnings? “I call these ‘everybody knows […]

“Historic” Mega Winter Storm Hits Midwest, South, and East Coast Hard

More than 60 million Americans were under winter weather and storm advisories Sunday as a swath of the Midwest and East, already gripped by bitterly cold temperatures, braced for a historic storm after more than 2 feet of snow already fell in some areas since Friday. “Over a dozen states are forecast to be impacted by one […]

These were the Top 3 Astronomy Events of 2024

Stargazers had high hopes for 2024, in part due to the long-awaited total solar eclipse across the United States in April, but the cosmos had a few surprises in store. About one month after the eclipse, a different astronomical wonder stole the spotlight, filling the sky with awe-inspiring colors that haven’t been seen in parts […]

The New Year’s Eve Forecast looks to be Stormy for many Prime Celebratory Cities

Just about every small town and major city has some sort of New Year’s Eve celebration, whether it is an officially scheduled event or just a friends and family gathering to ring in 2025. This year’s New Year’s forecast looks to be a good news/bad news situation. The good news is that the weather will […]