Category: Weather News
America’s Second Heat Dome of 2026: All-Time Records Fall in Salt Lake City and Montana
Last updated: July 16, 2026. Quick Answer A second heat dome, part of what forecasters are calling a “double heat dome” summer, rebuilt over the Great Basin, Rockies, and Plains on July 12, 2026, and broke records the first one never touched. Salt Lake City hit 109°F that afternoon, its hottest reading in 152 years…
Hundreds of Cobras Escape a Flooded China Snake Farm as Typhoon Maysak Kills 39
Two breached reservoirs washed away a commercial snake farm in Guangxi, China, releasing roughly 900 snakes — including venomous cobras — into flooded villages. Here’s what happened, why China farms cobras at all, and what to do if you ever encounter one.
Is 2026 Going to Be the Hottest Year Ever Recorded? Here’s What the Data Shows
Every month of 2026 measured so far has ranked among the five warmest on record globally, and a strong El Niño is still intensifying. Here’s how 2026 stacks up against 2024’s record, updated monthly with the latest Copernicus, NASA and NOAA data.
Flash Flooding Is Becoming America’s Defining Summer Weather Story in 2026
In the span of a single week in July 2026, flash flooding overwhelmed southeastern Missouri, sent water rushing through New Jersey streets, and put more than a thousand miles of the southern United States, from west Texas to the South Carolina coast, under some level of flood watch, continuing a pattern that made 2025 one…
AI Weather Forecasting Just Had Its Breakout Year: Inside NOAA’s New AIGFS Model
NOAA has launched a new suite of operational, AI-driven global weather models, including one that produces a full 16-day forecast in about 40 minutes using just 0.3% of the computing power required by its traditional counterpart, marking one of the most significant shifts in forecasting technology in decades. Quick Facts What launched: NOAA’s AIGFS, Artificial…
Why the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season Has Gone Eerily Quiet
October 2026 update: The quiet season finally produced its first hurricane. Isaias became a hurricane on 8 October, matching a 1905 record for the latest first hurricane of an Atlantic season. It then peaked as a Category 3 and made landfall near Destin, Florida, as a Category 2 on 9 October. Read our full analysis:…
Missouri Flash Flood Emergency: Inside the July 2026 Ozarks Disaster
A Flash Flood Emergency swept across Iron and Reynolds counties in southeastern Missouri on Friday, July 10, 2026, after storms dumped as much as 12.25 inches of rain in a matter of hours, triggering more than 350 water rescues and forcing the evacuation of a summer camp with 200 children. Quick Facts Where: Iron and…
Europe’s 2026 Heatwave and the Global Pattern Behind It
A severe heatwave pushed land surface temperatures above 50°C (122°F) in parts of France and Spain in June 2026, and by early July more than 1,300 excess deaths linked to the heat had been recorded across Europe. Europe Is Warming Faster Than Almost Anywhere Else Europe is the fastest-warming continent on record, with average temperatures…
2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season Update: Tropical Storm Arthur and What Comes Next
The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, running June 1 through November 30, got its first named storm on June 17 when Tropical Storm Arthur formed, and forecasters are calling for a below-normal season overall. What Forecasters Are Predicting NOAA gives the Atlantic basin a 55% chance of a below-normal season, a 35% chance of near-normal activity,…
US Heat Dome July 2026: What the Radar and Satellite Maps Showed
A stagnant “heat dome” trapped hot, humid air over more than 200 million Americans in late June and early July 2026, pushing heat index values close to 110°F across the eastern two-thirds of the country and tying or breaking temperature records in dozens of cities. What Is a Heat Dome? A heat dome forms when…