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Severe weather can occur under a variety of situations, but three characteristics are generally needed: a temperature or moisture boundary, moisture, and (in the event of severe, precipitation-based events) instability in the atmosphere.
Extreme weather describes unusual weather events that are at the extremes of the historical distribution for a given area. [2]: 2908 The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report defines an extreme weather event as follows: "An event that is rare at a particular place and time of year. Definitions of 'rare' vary, but an extreme weather event would normally ...
The extreme weather events of this year are not unique – they’re a sign of what’s to come. “These types of events will continue to become more frequent and more severe if we continue to ...
The global weather phenomenon El Niño, in which surface waters are abnormally warm in the eastern tropical Pacific, was a major player in many of the top weather events in 2023.
Christopher C. Burt, a weather historian writing for Weather Underground, believes that the 1913 Death Valley reading is "a myth", and is at least 2.2 or 2.8 °C (4 or 5 °F) too high. [13] Burt proposes that the highest reliably recorded temperature on Earth could still be at Death Valley, but is instead 54.0 °C (129.2 °F) recorded on 30 ...
Snowfall in parts of the north-central U.S. has been running below average so far this season, but there are a couple of cities that stand out and might be America's most unusual "snow hole". Just ...
Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena (SD) is a monthly NOAA publication with comprehensive listings and detailed summaries of severe weather occurrences in the United States. Included is information on tornadoes , high wind events, hail , lightning , floods and flash floods , tropical cyclones (hurricanes), ice storms , snow , extreme ...
Full moon night and branches in the foreground on Halloween night. (Getty Images) The United States has had its fair share of unusual weather events in 2023, including wildfire smoke that caused ...