“Roughly half of the country is dealing with abnormally dry or drought conditions right now,” wrote Paul Pastelok, AccuWeather's lead long-range expert. "Nearly 9% of the nation is in an extreme or ...

Improvements in tornado detection technology might account for the boosted numbers, but a shifting Tornado Alley may really ...

La Niña is the cold phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle, a natural climate pattern of atmospheric and sea temperature changes in the tropical Pacific Ocean, a region that stretches ...

Both La Niña and El Niño refer to naturally occurring climate ... The extremely warm Gulf of Mexico also set the stage for Florida to take a one-two punch from two major hurricanes, Helene ...

Following a short reign, the weather pattern La Niña has been declared over. That's put forecasters in a bind, referred to as the "spring predictability barrier." Here's what that means.

La Niña conditions emerged in the Pacific Ocean in December and are still present. That's not great news for the Gulf Coast and other ... season are low. El Niño and La Niña are two ...

A seasonal forecast released by the Climate Prediction Center on Thursday shows a warmer-than-average outlook for nearly every state over the next three months.

Once La Niña fades, "The odds of El Niño appear ... greater along the Gulf Coast (33%) than the East Coast (26%). According to AccuWeather, the coastlines of the Gulf of Mexico and the Carolinas ...

The highest chance of hot weather is found in Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. The region has a 60% to 70% ...