Flooding in the south and a winter storm in the midwest were in the weather news this week! Forget March—2016 has come in like a lion, and we’ll see if it goes out like a lamb. Get all your climate and weather news on the Shum Show with Climate Central’s Multimedia Journalism Fellow, Greta Shum.
Spring may officially begin over the weekend, but winter isn’t going down without a fight in the Northeast. Forecasters are watching the development of a storm system that could bring spring snow along a swath from Washington, D.C., up to Boston. As can often be the case with such storms, though, the exact timing of the snow and just where it will
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A deep low centered over South Texas has dumped substantial rainfall over portions of Texas and Louisiana, while generating prolonged onshore winds and storm surge that has led to minor coastal flooding. As heavy rains continue today, this storm may showcase the combined effect of a heavy rain event coupled with a prolonged storm surge. This
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Last month was far and away the hottest February on record for the planet, by a margin that has surprised even the climate scientists who closely monitor global temperature data. It was also the most anomalously warm month Earth has seen in 135 years of NASA record keeping, continuing an astonishing recent streak that could see 2016 set a new
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Global warming, it isn’t just for the surface. It’s also lurking in the atmosphere and new satellite data shows the incredible heat that’s building on the planet. February marked the biggest atmospheric temperature spike observed, with the monthly reading running 1.5°F above normal, a new record. The measurement is taken by satellites operated by
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