A heat dome describes the impacts that a large, slow-moving area of high pressure has on the atmosphere. High pressure typically leads to sunny and dry weather. This is because high pressure causes ...

A “dangerous” heat wave this weekend in the Philadelphia area is expected to bring scorching temperatures and soaring heat ...

Summer will make a dramatic entrance in the U.S. this week with a heat dome that will bring stifling heat and uncomfortable ...

Heat is the number one killer -- and it’s heading to the most densely populated part of America for a prolonged period.

The first of two rounds of extreme heat is underway for parts of the eastern half of the US, the opening act for a potent and widespread heat dome that will send temperatures to dangerous, ...

Air conditioning accounts for 7% of global electricity and 3% of carbon emissions. Here's how to beat the heat—efficiently.

A heat wave is a prolonged stretch of unusually hot weather, typically three or more days, where temperatures climb to 90 ...

The arrival of the opening day of the Bartholomew County Fair on Friday will also be the beginning of summer’s first heat wave, with temps soaring into the 90s and high humidity in the forecast.

Climate change has tripled the frequency of atmospheric wave events linked to extreme summer weather in the last 75 years and that may explain why long-range computer forecasts ...

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(AP Photo/Michael Probst, File) (CN) — During the summer of 2023, sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean as rose high as 75 degrees Fahrenheit in an unprecedented marine heat wave that ...

Scorching heat and smokey skies are set to blanket Massachusetts on Wednesday, with temperatures climbing in the 90s as Canadian wildfire haze drifts across New England. No air quality alerts have ...