Record-setting warmth enveloped the contiguous United States in June 2016.
News & Features
The state of West Virginia was designated a federal disaster area following deadly and destructive floods on June 23, 2016. Rainfall in some counties exceeded 24-hours totals that the National Weather Service described as a 1-in-a-thousand-year event.
With El Niño in the rearview mirror, the central tropical Pacific continued to cool in June 2016.
Part 2 looks into the causes of the scorching hot temperatures in the U.S. Southwest in mid-June 2016. The culprit? A large area of high pressure that let the air bake under cloudless skies.
Crack out the popcorn, sit back, and marvel over the decay of El Niño.
Scorching heat in the U.S. Southwest in mid-June 2016 broke daily records for this time of year. In many locations, temperatures ranked in the top five warmest days for any time of year.
A non-stop parade of thunderstorms pounded parts of Europe during the end of May and beginning of June.
For much of the country, summer temperatures are somewhat sensitive to late-spring precipitation. It turns out that summer afternoons are way, way more sensitive than summer nights.
Las actividades humanas emiten 60 veces o más la cantidad de dióxido de carbono liberado por los volcanes cada año.
Human activities emit 60 or more times the amount of carbon dioxide released by volcanoes each year.