The Northeast is digging out from the biggest snowstorm of the winter after heavy snow buried areas from West Virginia through Massachusetts, prompting school closures and travel chaos Tuesday. As Accuweather reports, on Tuesday, 3.2 inches fell in New York City, the highest single-day snowfall in the city since 7.3 inches accumulated in Central Park on […]
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 […]
On April 8, millions of people across North America will witness day turn to night as the moon blocks out the light from the sun, but there will be more to the celestial spectacle than many think. As AccuWeather reports, while most people focus their attention on the sun and the moon, people’s surroundings will […]
It never rains in CaliforniaBut girl, don’t they warn ya?It pours, man, it pours -Albert Hammond A fierce winter storm fueled by a raging atmospheric river was thrashing Californians on Sunday with intense downpours, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and threatening treacherous flooding and hurricane-force winds. As Yahoo News reports, up to 37 million people, about […]
It has been a tumultuous winter across the United States with temperatures plummeting below zero in more than 30 states, intense lake-effect snow that unleashed blizzard conditions and storms in the East that ended the snow drought that lasted over 700 days. And there is still more than a month to go before the arrival of […]
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 […]
During extreme cold events, you may hear a loud boom and feel like you have experienced an earthquake. However, as AccuWeather reports, this event was more likely a cryoseism, also known as an ice quake or a frost quake, and they’re nothing new. In fact, they were observed in the United States as early as […]
The coldest and most persistent outbreak of Arctic air in a couple of years will have the intensity and staying power to trigger feet of lake-effect snow and whiteouts in some areas of the Upper Midwest and the interior Northeast, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. However, there is the risk of a ground-covering snow squall reaching as far as coastal areas of the […]
Hard-core scientists aboard specially equipped National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) aircraft play an integral role in hurricane forecasting. Data collected from these high-flying and high-tech meteorological stations in the midst of a storm help forecasters make more accurate predictions during a powerful hurricane while researchers gain a better understanding of how storms evolve, which […]
The new year brings a fresh slate of exciting astronomical events in the night sky, and one that will take place in the middle of the day that, for many, will be a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. As AccuWeather reports, from planetary alignments to a “Super Harvest Moon Eclipse,” here are the top astronomy events to mark […]