A dry winter set the stage for widespread and severe drought across the Southwest and Southern Plains.
Extreme Events
Wildfires break out in Oklahoma in April 2018
April 24, 2018
Usually a winter phenomenon, another late-season atmospheric river brings soaking rains to northern California.
Influence of global warming on U.S. heat waves may be felt first in the West and Great Lakes regions
Global warming will make heat waves hotter, longer, and more frequent. Communities in the U.S. West and the Great Lakes region may have the least time to prepare.
Onslaught of rain soaks California
March 30, 2018
February 2018 heatwave across the Far North
March 20, 2018
Nor’easters pummel the U.S. Northeast in late winter 2018
March 14, 2018
Record warmth in February 2018
March 6, 2018
A lack of precipitation across the southern and western United States has led to growing drought this winter.
Winter so far has people out west asking, Where’s the snow?
February 15, 2018