Tag: weather records
5-foot lake-effect snowfall in western New York
Lake-effect snow from Lake Erie came to western New York communities over the weekend, shattered records, and closed schools.
Millions of Americans under extreme heat
It's hot out there for large portions of the country. If you live in an area under a heat advisory or warning, take precautions to stay safe.
Hurricane Delta causes numerous school closures
The record-setting Hurricane Delta followed just 6 weeks behind the Category 4 Laura, and on nearly the same path.
Worst Calif. wildfire season in decades
Wildfires in what could be one of Calif.'s worst autumns ever have destroyed structures, including schools, killed people, and mass evacuations.
Weather extremes envelop the Earth
Extreme weather (drought and heat in the summer, cold in the winter) sweeps the planet. A result of climate change?
Almost everything is closed in the cold
Cold weather, very cold weather in fact, has caused most schools, universities, etc., in northern IL to close Wed. & Thurs.
This is NOT the coldest it’s ever been
It's cold out there, but not quite the coldest it's ever been, however tempted you may be to use superlatives now & then.
It’s been a rainy July
Rain, rain, and more rain. The flooding all this rain has brought could set recovery efforts in the Chesapeake Bay back a bit.
Coldest New Year’s in Chicago: high of 1°F
Yeah, it's cold outside—so cold, in fact, that Chicago and a few dozen other cities set records for the lowest maximum on Jan. 1 or 2.
Irma, a Cat. 5, wipes out Antigua, Barbuda; Fla. in path
Hurricane Irma remained a Category 5 storm longer than any other hurricane in recorded history. It's headed to south Florida.