Abnormally warm weather has swelled over the central and northern states this week, setting hundreds of records. Now some of this warmth is oozing toward the East Coast.
Friday, February 09, 2024
Sunday, February 04, 2024
California girded Sunday for a “potentially historic” storm that put much of the state on high alert, with officials expecting life-threatening damage and issuing evacuation orders or warnings in parts of Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and Monterey counties.
Friday, February 02, 2024
Punxsutawney Phil, Western Pennsylvania’s famed weather-predicting groundhog, predicted an early spring Friday morning after he emerged from his burrow and did not see his shadow.
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
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MEREDITH — On Wednesday, Scott Crowder and a dozen workers were hosing down Lake Waukewan in hopes that by 8 a.m. Friday, the lake’s ice surface would be ready for the 15th Pond Hockey Classic.
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Monday, January 29, 2024
Sunday, January 21, 2024
To say that January has been a tumultuous month weather-wise would be an understatement. The month has featured a string of severe winter storms, wild temperature swings and even a few bouts of tornadoes. And as we go into February, an even trickier complication enters the equation: the ever…
Friday, January 19, 2024
The Greenland ice sheet has lost 20 percent more ice than scientists previously thought, posing potential problems for ocean circulation patterns and sea level rise, according to a new study.
Saturday, January 13, 2024
Wednesday's wind and rain storm battered Maine's coast, causing flooding and other damage — and it also had the unexpected effect of unearthing a long-buried piece of Maine maritime history at Acadia National Park.
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An astronomical high tide combined with offshore winds of 60 to 70 mph on Saturday caused serious flooding on the Seacoast, particularly in oceanside neighborhoods, according to the National Weather Service.
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Tom Carney saw the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday acting “way more aggressive” than during previous storms at Hampton Beach.
More than half a million homes and businesses were still without power along the U.S. East Coast from Florida to Maine on Wednesday morning due to a massive winter storm, according to data from PowerOutage.us.
Tuesday, January 09, 2024
A meteorological stew is on the menu for New Hampshire for later Tuesday into Wednesday, with snow, flooding rains and damaging winds producing power outages.
Monday, January 08, 2024
Fire crews from several communities joined forces to rescue a dog that fell down a well in Kingston during Sunday’s snowstorm, officials said.
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After a weekend of heavy snow in parts of New Hampshire, a predicted double punch of heavy rain and strong winds could create power outages and possible flooding Tuesday night into Wednesday.
Sunday, January 07, 2024
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The first significant statewide snowstorm of the season Saturday night into Sunday dumped more than a foot in some areas, which kept plow drivers and public safety workers busy.
Saturday, January 06, 2024
The state’s first winter storm of 2024 is expected to drop up to a foot of snow in Hillsborough and Rockingham counties, and close to that amount in southern Merrimack and Strafford counties before winding down late Sunday afternoon.
Thursday, January 04, 2024
With the first significant snowfall of the season potentially taking aim at the area over the weekend, officials are reminding Manchester residents of the city’s storm parking regulations.
Tuesday, January 02, 2024
Concord notched its warmest year on record in 2023 and its seventh-wettest year in more than 150 years of record-keeping, hurting businesses relying on wintry landscapes.
Friday, December 29, 2023
Giant waves are forecast to pummel the California coastline, churned up by Pacific storms sweeping across the West Coast this week. Meteorologists are warning that "tremendous wave energy" will lead to treacherous conditions at California beaches Thursday through the weekend, and high surf w…
Thursday, December 28, 2023
AUGUSTA, Maine — A day before last week's wind and rain storm, Allyson Hill, the emergency management director in Oxford County, got a call saying her area was about to be hit hard.
Saturday, December 23, 2023
OTTAWA — All over Canada, a giant northern country known for its biting winters and drifts so deep they can swallow a car, people will wake up this Christmas with a simple question: Where is the snow?
Friday, December 22, 2023
BRUSSELS — A woman was killed and two people were injured by a large Christmas tree that fell over during stormy weather in the Belgian city of Oudenaarde, authorities said on Friday.
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
HART’S LOCATION — For the third time in a dozen years, U.S. Route 302 will be closed for an extended period to repair damage caused by stormwaters, requiring motorists to detour nearly 50 miles to get from Glen to Twin Mountain.
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Five residents were rescued from their homes in North Conway late Monday night when surging floodwaters from the Saco River trapped them inside.
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Snow won’t arrive in New Hampshire in time for Christmas, but ski areas plan to produce their own following Monday’s huge rainstorm.
Monday, December 18, 2023
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A potent rainstorm knocked out power to nearly 40,000 homes and businesses around noon Monday with wind gusts forecast to hit up to 55 mph or higher in the state’s southern tier and possible flooding in areas.
Scientists rely on an array of multimillion-dollar weather satellites to determine when and where rain turns into snow in the Nevada mountains.
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Record rains and a late-season frost cost New Hampshire growers nearly $13 million in lost crops this past spring, according to a recent survey.
Saturday, December 09, 2023
DUBLIN, New Hampshire – Much of the nation, including Ohio, could be colder and snowier this winter, particularly close to the Great Lakes, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
Heavy rain moving in Sunday evening followed by high winds Monday morning will pack a wallop across New Hampshire, likely downing tree limbs and causing power outages and flooding in pockets around the state.
Thursday, December 07, 2023
SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts – Nearly a year ago, a powerful storm swept across New Hampshire, breaking about 200 power poles.
Monday, December 04, 2023
A winter storm knocked out power and delayed dozens of school openings Monday, but left the Seacoast and southern tier of the state spared of snow.
Saturday, December 02, 2023
Hello from the “Home of the World’s Worst Weather,” Mount Washington. I am a meteorologist, weather observer and education specialist who is lucky (crazy?) enough to call the Rockpile my home.
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Manchester’s overnight winter on-street, odd/even parking ban went into effect at 1 a.m. on Friday and will remain in place through April 15, city officials announced last week.
Multiple explosions on the sun this week have unleashed four bursts of plasma from the sun's corona toward Earth. Known as coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, these blasts are expected to consolidate into a supersize CME capable of triggering a strong geomagnetic storm and aurora visible in the…
Sunday, November 26, 2023
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Wednesday, November 22, 2023
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Snow and heavy rain combined to make for a messy commute across much of New Hampshire early Wednesday, with state and local police responding to dozens of weather-related accidents during the pre-dawn hours.
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Friday, January 19, 2024
The Greenland ice sheet has lost 20 percent more ice than scientists previously thought, posing potential problems for ocean circulation patterns and sea level rise, according to a new study.
Saturday, January 13, 2024
Wednesday's wind and rain storm battered Maine's coast, causing flooding and other damage — and it also had the unexpected effect of unearthing a long-buried piece of Maine maritime history at Acadia National Park.
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An astronomical high tide combined with offshore winds of 60 to 70 mph on Saturday caused serious flooding on the Seacoast, particularly in oceanside neighborhoods, according to the National Weather Service.
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Tom Carney saw the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday acting “way more aggressive” than during previous storms at Hampton Beach.
More than half a million homes and businesses were still without power along the U.S. East Coast from Florida to Maine on Wednesday morning due to a massive winter storm, according to data from PowerOutage.us.
Tuesday, January 09, 2024
A meteorological stew is on the menu for New Hampshire for later Tuesday into Wednesday, with snow, flooding rains and damaging winds producing power outages.
Monday, January 08, 2024
Fire crews from several communities joined forces to rescue a dog that fell down a well in Kingston during Sunday’s snowstorm, officials said.