News & Features

Our interactive map shows the latest date of measurable snow recorded at thousands of U.S. weather stations, based on data through April 11, 2018.

In this webinar, the National Weather Service and the RISA Program present stories about researchers, forecasters, and fire managers working together to improve public and wildland firefighter ... ...

A lack of persistent sea ice in waters around the Bering Strait this winter disrupted travel, damaged roads and other infrastructure, and prevented traditional hunting and fishing in several coastal communities in western Alaska.

A quick spin around the March 2018 U.S. climate scene, all else being equal.

CIRC RISA has compiled a comprehensive report detailing what they've learned and accomplished from 2010 to 2017, providing a kind of mini climate assessment of the Pacific Northwest. ...

La Niña is dwindling, and a return to ENSO-neutral conditions is imminent. Our blogger discusses the current forecast.

Usually a winter phenomenon, another late-season atmospheric river brings soaking rains to northern California.

A recent analysis of  276 National Parks found that about three-quarters of them are experiencing earlier springs. The changes in when leaves and flowers emerge affect not just pollinators, but also park staff, who have to budget and prepare for earlier visitors.

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.  

Three days of torrential rains and higher-elevation snow blanketed California during the third week of March.