JOSHUA LINN 
Thirty thousand fires. Two point four million acres burned. And summer hasn’t even started. The numbers coming out of the National Interagency Fire Center this June are staggering. Through early June 2026, wildfire counts are running 140% above the 10-year average. Acreage burned? A hundred ninety-five percent of normal. The agency’s June 1 outlook doesn’t … Read more
On Sunday morning, at 4:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, the Northern Hemisphere will tilt as far toward the sun as it gets all year. That moment, the summer solstice, gives us the longest stretch of daylight in 2026 and marks the official start of astronomical summer. If you’re north of the Arctic Circle, the sun … Read more
Why Oceans Matter for Weather: The Hidden Engine of Our Climate When you think about what controls the weather, you probably think about the atmosphere — clouds, wind, pressure systems. But the real engine sits below the surface. Oceans cover 71% of the Earth’s surface. They absorb, store, and move more heat than the atmosphere … Read more
Wildfire Season Is Running Hot By the end of June 2026, more than 30,500 wildfires had already been reported across the United States. That’s 140% of the average for this point in the year, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). And the hottest, driest months are still ahead. AccuWeather’s 2026 wildfire forecast projects … Read more
How Clouds Form and What They Tell You About Tomorrow’s Weather Look up. The clouds above you right now are not random — they are telling you something. Every cloud has a story. It tells you what the air is doing, how much moisture is up there, and — if you know what to look … Read more
The Heat Is Already Here June 2026 isn’t even over yet — and fire agencies across the western United States are already on high alert. In Oregon, officials issued burn bans in mid-June as hot, dry, and gusty conditions settled over the region. Down in the Southeast, tens of thousands of acres have already burned … Read more
A powerful and sprawling weather system is carving a path of destruction across the United States this week, putting more than 90 million Americans under severe weather alerts from Texas to New York. Tornadoes have already killed multiple people in the Midwest. Flash floods are swamping cities in the South. And on the West Coast, … Read more
In 2025, a series of hailstorms cut across New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. When the insurance tally came in, the bill reached A$1.9 billion. It was one of the costliest hail seasons in Australian history, and it raised a question that scientists had been working on for years: is climate change making hail worse? … Read more
2026 Hurricane Season: What to Expect and How to Prepare The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30. And this year, forecasters are watching an unusual combination of factors that make the 2026 season harder to predict than most. Here is what the data says, what it means, and how to get … Read more