Why Polar Vortexes Are Becoming More Common Understanding the Polar Vortex The polar vortex is like a massive whirlpool of ...

However, Ol’ Man Winter has had other ideas. Instead of spinning his polar vortex in a nice tight loop around the North Pole (which keeps the cold air tightly-wound around the pole), he’s been doing a ...

On a local level 2024 in Kansas City ranks as 4th warmest marked by an historic severe weather season and more.

The National Weather Service says Mobile got 7.5 inches of snow on Tuesday, 2.5 inches more than the previous record set all the way back in January 1881. "We're still just shaking our heads in ...

Anytime we get an Arctic air blast down this far south, this is an artifact of the polar vortex rearing its ugly head,” said climatologist Barry Keim .

Warmer-than-normal temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico did not cause the record-setting snowfall, but the conditions may have been an ingredient to the unusual weather.

Yes. Although this blast of Arctic air sweeping the nation has thrown Bostonians scrounging through closets to find hats, ...

It's like "bomb cyclone" or "firenado." It seems like the sort of phenomenon that would be responsible for the ...

Unprecedented snowfall hits the U.S. South. Discover how this winter storm is setting new records and causing rare blizzard ...

The unseasonable chill that has swept through the eastern half of the US defies last year's mild winters and the South's ...

Frigid air that normally stays trapped in the Arctic has escaped, plunging deep into the United States for an extended visit ...

The polar vortex, a swirling mass of cold air located over the polar regions, is responsible for the cold. COLUMBUS, Ohio — ...