RENO, NEVADA — The record-breaking March warmth continues across the Sierra region, with Reno, Nevada setting a new daily temperature record and South Lake Tahoe, California tying its existing mark on March 23. According to preliminary data released by the National Weather Service in Reno, Reno–Tahoe International Airport reached 78°F, surpassing the previous record of…
UNITED STATES — A newly shared XKCD comic is getting attention for turning America’s complex geological history into a simple — and humorous — visual lesson, pointing out how forces like glaciers, volcanoes, rivers and plate tectonics shaped states including California, Washington, Montana, Texas and Florida. The comic opens with a simple question: “What’s up…
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA — A prolonged March heatwave has rewritten the record books across parts of Northern California, with multiple cities including Modesto, Red Bluff, Redding, Sacramento and Stockton either breaking or tying high-temperature records between March 15 and March 22, 2026. According to preliminary data from the National Weather Service in Sacramento, the stretch of…
MIDDLE EAST — Severe weather potential is increasing across parts of the Middle East on Thursday, March 26, 2026, with forecast data indicating elevated tornado and lightning probabilities from eastern Saudi Arabia through Kuwait and into the Gulf states. According to forecast guidance valid from 06Z to 18Z on March 26, the highest severe threat…
UNITED STATES — An extraordinary and unusually early-season heatwave is intensifying across the western and central United States, with Arizona reportedly reaching 110–112°F, marking what is being described as the hottest March temperature ever recorded in U.S. history. The developing heat dome is not confined to one state. Temperature records are already being broken across…
UNITED STATES — Forecast data valid Thursday, March 26 (12z) shows a powerful surge of anomalous warmth expanding across the Great Plains and Midwest, with some of the strongest temperature departures centered over Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Illinois. The 850 mb temperature anomaly map indicates widespread +10°C to +20°C departures above average across the…
WOOSTER, OHIO — A strong line of thunderstorms pushing east from Wooster, Ohio is expected to move into southwest Pennsylvania between 10:00 PM and 11:00 PM EDT, according to the latest radar estimates. Storm tracking imagery shows a well-organized line extending from near Mansfield and Loudonville through Wooster and toward Canton, with forward motion aimed…
ARCTIC CIRCLE — After a major sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) event earlier this month, new forecast guidance now suggests a renewed disruption of the polar vortex around March 26–28, raising fresh questions about how the upper atmosphere could influence April weather patterns across the Northern Hemisphere. The first SSW event, centered near March 5, marked…
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Strong thunderstorms rolled across central Ohio, bringing bursts of intense hail to the Columbus and Dayton metro areas, with radar indicating hail sizes ranging from quarter to ping pong ball diameter. High-resolution radar imagery shows two distinct storm cores impacting different sections of the Columbus metro — one targeting the northern half…
PHOENIX, AZ — The ongoing heatwave across the Western United States is reaching levels rarely seen in modern climate records, with Phoenix, Arizona recording a staggering +14°C (25°F) temperature anomaly in its latest three-day moving average — one of the most extreme departures ever observed this early in the year. New long-term data from Phoenix…