Sunset after 9pm: Why the sun and clock don't align perfectly around the solstice The summer solstice is on June 21, but across the U.S., that date does not match when the earliest sunrises and latest ...

AccuWeather’s Geoff Cornish explains how wildfire risk moves across the West, peaking in the Southwest in spring, shifting north in summer, and returning to California in fall.

What makes the ongoing eruption even more remarkable is how often Kilauea sent lava shooting into the sky. The volcano has erupted roughly once every 10 days, with 48 episodes unfolding over about a ...

AccuWeather meteorologists are monitoring areas in the Gulf and waters off the west coasts of Central America and Mexico for possible tropical development during the start of the new month. The ...

Conditions from Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula to the waters surrounding Florida could become more favorable for tropical development in the coming days. Tropical activity in the eastern Pacific may ...

NASA is working to reestablish communication with MAVEN, the space agency’s decade-old Mars orbiter, after it suddenly lost contact with Earth this week. In an update Tuesday, NASA said ground ...

Heat waves do more than just generate high temperatures and cause excessive sweat. Research shows that heat affects animal brains, which impacts their ability to think and their behavior. According to ...

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake rattled Hawaii’ s Big Island late Friday night, sending shaking across several islands but prompting no tsunami threat, officials said. The quake struck at 9:46 p.m. HST ...

2026 Atlantic hurricane season is here, but when will the 1st storm form? Tropical development is expected to remain limited as the Atlantic hurricane season gets underway, but forecasters say a shift ...

As the moon orbits the Earth, there are points when it is closer to the planet, appearing slightly larger in the sky, and times when it is a little farther away, making it seem a bit smaller. The ...

Cold to pull back in eastern US during week two, three of February Frigid days in the eastern half of the nation are nearing an end, but while it may feel much warmer, the pattern may not signal an ...

The strong wind that lifted the umbrella was likely caused by a gust front, which is a rush of winds that moves out ahead of a thunderstorm, according to AccuWeather meteorologists.