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We've come a long way since the days of snow shoes.

4. Chicago saw no snow in January or February.

Nearly 200 weather enthusiasts collaborated on the project.

At the Sourdough Rendezvous festival in Whitehorse, icy locks are the ultimate bizarre fashion statement.

The state recently got some good news about its improving liquid fortunes.

Have fun outside, no matter how cold it is!

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The giant tree had a tunnel big enough to drive through.

The Snow Wolf is designed to reduce your risk of injury while clearing your driveway.

It’s pretty easy to become an amateur scientist using the smartphone in your pocket or dedicating a tiny part of your yard to science.

Thanks to warm waters and an assist from La Niña, this year’s hurricane season was an active one.

The drought grows worse with each passing day, straining local water resources and stressing nature to its breaking point.

It’s easy to become a savvy consumer of snow predictions with a little bit of knowledge—and a healthy dose of skepticism.

The future of weather forecasting weighs more than 6000 pounds and is patiently spending its final days on Earth overlooking the glistening Florida coast.

Nature hasn’t been nice to Europe recently.

Thankfully, Halloween 2016 looks spectacular across most of the U.S. But we haven't always been so lucky.

Months of below-normal rainfall can have a big impact on how much color shows up in the trees.

It could leave a wintry coating on some towns in New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire.

It could tear into the coast as hard as a hurricane.

Here's the latest.

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The Space Weather Prediction Center can give a heads-up of about 45 minutes that a solar storm will affect some specific place on Earth.

Forget everything you thought you knew about "heat lightning."

Hurricane Earl (top) and Hurricane Fiona (bottom) pummel the U.S. coast and Caribbean islands.

Here's how Atlantic hurricanes form along a path that stretches from the Cape Verde Islands to the Caribbean.

Zapping across the sky in 2007, the 200-mile flash over Oklahoma could be seen from Colorado.

How Were Roads Cleared Before Snowplows?

8 Climatic Facts About Our Abnormally Warm Winter

Storm Chasers Put Twister Star Bill Paxton On the Map with GPS Tribute

Inside Canada's Annual International Hair Freezing Contest

Is California's Drought Finally Ending?

7 Fun Cold Weather Activities Beyond Snowmen

Famous Giant Sequoia Topples in California Storm

This Ingenious Snow Shovel Design Makes Clearing Your Driveway a Breeze

4 Ways to Become a Weather Forecaster From Your Backyard

6 Notable Facts About the 2016 Hurricane Season

Drought Continues to Plague the Southeast

6 Tips for Being Smart About Snow Forecasts

7 Advanced Facts About the GOES-R Weather Satellite Launching Today

What's Happening With Europe's Weather?

4 Times the Weather Was Frightening on Halloween

Drought Disrupts Fall Foliage

Snow May Fall on the Northeast and New England by Sunday

Another Big Storm Is Heading for the Pacific Northwest

Matthew Hits Florida, Continues Up the East Coast

5 Record-Breaking Extreme Weather Events in the U.S.

Today NOAA Adds Solar Storms to the Weather Forecast

Is It Possible to Have Lightning But No Thunder?

7 Facts About the Hurricane Highway

The Longest Lightning Bolt Ever Recorded Stretched 200 Miles