As the planet warms, humid heat waves and extreme rainfall are becoming more common in regions that are usually labeled ...

There can be long stretches throughout the year, especially during the winter, when it doesn't seem like the clouds want to break up. The lack of sunshine can come from what meteorologists call a ...

Temperatures in the atmosphere generally decrease with increasing height, but occasionally one can find layers in which temperatures actually increase with height – an “inversion” of the normal ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – The definition of winter varies depending on where you live. For Floridians, any time the temperature falls below 65 degrees, that’s winter-like weather. For other areas across the ...

Drive up to Bogus Basin right now and look out over the Treasure Valley; you’ll see a haze hanging over Boise and its surrounding cities. But for those below the haze … the view is not so interesting.

MIT scientists identified a key atmospheric condition that determines how hot and humid a midlatitude region can get, and how intense related storms can become. The results may help climate scientists ...