Hail Accumulated Like Snow Across Parts of Arizona

Winter has struck ahead of schedule in much of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains.  The latest target was the Upper Midwest into portions of the Great Lakes, which received a major snowstorm earlier this week.  Hardest hit were the northwestern suburbs of Chicago, with Rockford measuring 13 inches of snow by Monday…

An area of low pressure near the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains caused a bout of severe weather across eastern Colorado and western Kansas on Tuesday.  Multiple tornadoes were reported in Colorado, including one that was photographed near Keenesburg, about 40 miles northeast of Denver.  Baseball sized hail fell across much of the area…

Although thunderstorms are usually associated with summer in the northeastern United States, fall has produced its fair share of intense weather as well. That’s exactly what happened on Wednesday over Upstate New York and New England, when a line of severe thunderstorms struck the region. This included an EF0 tornado that touched down in Montgomery…

Thanksgiving may be nearly a week away, but winter storm wreaked havoc on the northeastern United States on Thursday.  The New York City area was hardest hit, as Central Park recorded 6.4 inches of snow in the span of less than six hours.  The storm was the earliest 6-inch snowfall in New York City since…

In recent weeks, tornadoes have been a frequent site over much of the central and southern United States. This time, it was the Dayton, Ohio area’s turn to be hit, as an EF3 tornado touched down in the town of Trotwood, OH, just north of Dayton. Tragically, one person was killed in the tornado. 12…

In the Northern Hemisphere, July is, on average, the hottest month of the year. In much of Europe, not only was July the hottest month of the year, it was the hottest month those locations had ever seen. Source: The Washington Post The highlight of the month was a late-month heatwave that set temperature records…