The last significant winter storm systems in Washington came at the end of December, and skipped over the Methow Valley to dump moisture further east. A SNOTEL site at Salmon Meadows, northeast of ...

As of Wednesday, the county had received zero rain for 27 days straight, according to Ryan Kittell, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service. The last day the county received any significant ...

Cold weather took hold over much of country with limited precipitation, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

But what might be is the fact there is another region in California that is just as big and is abnormally dry — the entire Northen San Joaquin Valley, counties encompassing the Diablo Range ...

Extreme drought expanded into parts of Los Angeles County as a dry start to the wet season continues in fire-prone Southern California, according to this week’s U.S. Drought Monitor report. Extreme ...

Last week’s cooler-than-normal temperatures have not been enough to end the moderate drought in 10 eastern Ohio counties. Drought conditions have remained unchanged in Ohio over the last seven days, ...

Rain in the forecast for Southern California this weekend could bring relief to firefighters battling wildfires. But it also brings risks of mudslides and toxic runoff.

It’s time to require oil and gas companies to compensate communities, homeowners, businesses and even insurers for the losses ...

25 through Nov. 2008,” the Weather Service stated. The abnormally dry weather has left much of Southern California’s brush dry susceptible to wildfires. Since October, thousands of homes have ...

The heavy rain that brought relief to portions of Oklahoma and Arkansas also impacted southern Missouri and allowed for the removal of the abnormally dry conditions that previously existed.” Meanwhile ...

It’s been a decade since the Y-K Delta saw this sort of pattern of above-normal precipitation, low snow and low snowpack.

Snow is much less dense than a rain drop, so it doesn't make a sound when it falls. Aside from that, a study from the ...