Although there are several classifications of climate, the most widely used system was proposed by Russian-German scientist Wladimir Köppen in 1900. He observed that the type of vegetation in a region ...

Click the downloadable graphic: Extreme Precipitation Change 1958 to 2021 Climate change is bringing heavier rainfall extremes and increased, inequitable flood risk to many parts of the U.S. For every ...

It's no secret that Phoenix is hot, but late summer and the start of fall were scorchers, even by Valley of the Sun standards. Between Sept. 23 and Oct. 14, Phoenix set daily record high temperatures ...

A raging flood pulled a family's home of more than 50 years into the Blue Earth River in southern Minnesota this week, as a community watched in horror. The river’s water flow had tripled in three ...

Climate change is supercharging the water cycle, leading to heavier rainfall extremes across the U.S. Climate Central calculated the Simple Hourly Rainfall Intensity Index (total annual rainfall ...

Rainfall is seems to be increasingly erratic around the world. Regions will be subjected to severe droughts that can last months or years, only to then experience extreme rainfall or flooding events.

While the worst of the flooding season is over, this year was a devastating reminder of how vulnerable U.S. communities are to extreme rainfall. Several communities experienced deadly flooding events ...

Higher temperatures caused by anthropogenic climate change turned an ordinary drought into an exceptional one that parched the American West from 2020--22. A study has found that evaporation accounted ...

This rapid transition between wet and dry weather conditions is a hallmark of climate change, and it’s also an accelerating climate threat. This phenomenon is called “precipitation whiplashes,” and ...