Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 6, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

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The ice extent in January was down 498,000 square miles compared to the 1981 to 2010 average. That means the Arctic is now ...

The Northwestern states in America often experience odd weather patterns due to the high altitude and bitterly cold ...

In 1950, the Pirano family embarked on a daring 4,500-mile drive from Cape Girardeau to Fairbanks, Alaska, enduring extreme ...

If you spent much of last month shivering in the United States, you were not alone. A preliminary look at temperature data shows that the U.S. is likely to have experienced its coldest January average ...

Kids are used to the Eagles winning, to the chagrin of long-suffering veteran fans like their parents. Plus, what we know ...

Thankfully our winds have died down a bit from yesterday.  However, when you walk out the door this morning you will still feel the bite of cold upon your nose.  That’s because our ...

The European climate service Copernicus says the world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an ...

Even before federal employees at the National Weather Service received so-called buyout offers this week, America’s public forecasting agency was suffering its lowest staffing in decades. Now, the NWS ...

Elon Musk’s involvement in government affairs is an unprecedented, extralegal appointment and a direct affront to democratic ...