IF you are old enough you will most likely remember the 1997-1998 El Niño event. One of the strongest El Niños on record, it brought severe droughts, haze, crop failures, and water rationing.

Based on a neutral El Niño Southern Oscillation and varying Atlantic ocean temperatures, we are projecting an average number ...

El Niño-southern oscillation-neutral conditions are forecast to persist through the summer of 2025, and while the cycle may ...

Ahead of it, there are several organizations and universities that put out a tropical forecast. WRAL is one of those. Our ...

The Eastern Pacific hurricane season officially started Thursday, but forecast models show no sign of tropical cyclone ...

The National Hurricane Center has started tracking a tropical wave west off of the African coast just weeks ahead of the 2025 ...

Climate and weather scientists have seen the location of the traditional "tornado alley" shift east and another one form to the southeast.

The Gulf of Mexico has recently warmed from a heat dome, and the Pacific is cooling. These factors may be conducive to a fast ...

It was not the average “big bang” squid run off La Jolla last fall, as scientists sometimes call it when the normally large ...

Climatologists say every monsoon is different and forecasting it can be hit or miss as conditions change in the oceans. A ...

How many hurricanes will there be this year? Will this season be worse than 2024? AccuWeather meteorologists have the answers ...

One to 4 tropical cyclones are forecasted to form or move into the Central Pacific basin this hurricane season.