NOAA issues its winter outlook for 2023-2024
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released its outlook for winter 2023-2024, and all signs point to El Niño driving the overall weather pattern. What You Need...
Fall’s freeze-free days are adding up
Many communities are living through warmer autumns, delaying the first freeze of the season and making freeze-free streaks last longer. Having mild weather stick around...
Wildfire smoke reducing air quality on Tuesday
Smoke from Canadian wildfires has made it all the way down the East Coast into Florida. It’s causing spots of relatively poor air quality on...
Fact or myth: Animals and changing seasons
Even though animals don’t buy pumpkin spice toothpaste in the fall or plant way too many petunias in the spring, their behavior still changes with...
The Full Harvest Moon joins a trio of planets
The Full Harvest Moon brightens our night sky to finish the week. It’ll be fullest early Friday morning at 4:57 a.m. ET. What You Need...
‘Lights Out’ can help migrating birds
We’re in the midst of bird migration season. Many of the birds travel at night, and the bright lights of towns and cities can make...
Drought in the Upper Midwest reaches beyond the fields
Parts of the Upper Midwest are dealing with their driest summer in over a decade, leading to expansive drought. That’s led to worsening conditions for...
Wednesday’s Blue Supermoon is joined by a few planets
We get a bonus full moon this month, and it’s the last “blue moon” until May 2026. What You Need To Know A full moon...
Blue moons, supermoons and more
Social media and news headlines go abuzz over things like blue moons and supermoons, but what do all those terms mean? What You Need To...
July 2023 was likely the hottest recorded month
Last month was the hottest July on record, and was likely the warmest month overall, according to NOAA scientists. The agency’s records of global temperatures...