UNITED STATES — March 2026 will go down as one of the most extraordinary months in United States weather history. A massive heat wave swept across the country during March and was so intense, so widespread and so far outside the bounds of what March is supposed to feel like that 17 states set brand…
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA — Winter is not done with North Dakota and Minnesota. The National Weather Service Grand Forks office, issuing its forecast Monday March 30, 2026 at 3:59 PM, is tracking a multi-day stretch of snow, wintery mix and bitter cold that will affect the region from Tuesday through Friday — with not…
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — A significant severe weather event is taking shape for Wednesday, April 1, 2026 across the Southern Plains, with the Storm Prediction Center issuing a Level 2 Slight Risk covering a corridor from north-central Oklahoma through northwest Texas — including communities near Oklahoma City, Wichita Falls, Abilene, Woodward and Amarillo. The threat…
VOSTOK STATION, ANTARCTICA — The Vostok Station in Antarctica made history last Tuesday when a temperature of negative 76.4 degrees Celsius (negative 105.5 degrees Fahrenheit) was recorded at the remote Russian research outpost — the lowest temperature ever measured anywhere on Earth in the month of March and a new global record for the coldest…
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Level 2 Slight Risk of severe weather for Wednesday, April 1, 2026 across portions of Texas and Oklahoma, with Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Dallas sitting in the highest-risk zone for a potentially dangerous late afternoon and evening storm event. Large hail, significant damaging winds…
ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Residents across Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina who have been desperately waiting for rain are facing more disappointing news — meaningful rainfall is not expected across much of the Southeast through Saturday morning, and even the isolated chances that do exist between now and Friday will amount to very…
DETROIT, MICHIGAN — A Slight Risk of severe weather is in place across a large swath of the Midwest and Great Lakes for Tuesday, March 31, 2026, with the Storm Prediction Center issuing an outlook valid through April 1, 2026 at 7:00 AM CDT. Communities across Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois — including major metro…
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS — Severe weather forecasters are keeping a close eye on Thursday, April 2 as a potentially significant storm day for a wide corridor stretching from the Midwest all the way down to the Gulf Coast. A powerful atmospheric setup — featuring deep moisture, favorable thermodynamic conditions for thunderstorms and seasonably strong wind shear…
UNITED STATES — A critical energy demand forecast window is shaping up for the week of April 6 through April 12, 2026, as a strong cold front passing through from the 9th to the 11th is expected to push Heating Degree Days (HDDs) as close to average as forecasters expect to see for the rest…
UNITED STATES — Tonight is shaping up to be one of the best opportunities of the year to step outside and scan the skies for fireballs and meteors, with clear skies and excellent atmospheric transparency forecast across a large portion of the continental United States from 9 PM to 5 AM ET Saturday night into…