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 ...

Have you noticed that when it rains it often rains a lot? It's not your imagination. When a weather pattern supports rain, the probability that heavy rain, and in some cases buckets of excessive rain, ...

Click the downloadable graphic: Hourly Rainfall Intensity 1970 to 2024 This Climate Matters analysis is based on open-access data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). See ...

The earth continues to warm at an alarming rate. The World Meteorological Organization confirmed that 2024 was the warmest year ever recorded based on six international datasets. Out of the many ...

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.

El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a fluctuation of ocean temperatures and atmospheric pressure in the Pacific. It is ...

Heavy rainfall in Milwaukee caused significant flooding, forcing the Wisconsin State Fair to cancel events and declare a state of emergency. The flooding, the second wettest day in Milwaukee's history ...

WASHINGTON — Human-caused climate change intensified deadly rainfall in Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and other states in early April and made those storms more likely to occur, according to an ...

A new study published in the journal Science, led by scientists at the City College of New York (CCNY) and Columbia ...

Climate change intensified the July Fourth deluge that swept through Texas Hill Country and killed over 100 people along the Guadalupe River, according to a new scientific analysis, and researchers ...