WASHINGTON (AP) — On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service ...

Sunday was the hottest day in recorded history, according to preliminary data from a climate tracking agency monitoring temperatures since the mid-1900s. It’s the second consecutive year average ...

The numbers are in, and they paint a sobering picture: 2024 shattered global heat records, surpassing the 1.5-degree Celsius warming threshold set by the Paris Agreement for the first time in recorded ...

The dry spell that has engulfed New Jersey for the last two months has been unprecedented. State record books show that September and October were the driest consecutive months in recorded history.

Summer broke global heat records for the second straight year, scientists have confirmed — putting 2024 firmly on track to be the hottest year in recorded history. The period between June and August — ...

The month of July kicked off with a dire warning: A rare, long-duration heat event was forecast to bring extreme heat risk across the West, with triple-digit temperatures and dangerous fire conditions ...

Aerial drone View of sprawling Tampa Bay Skyline, Florida. (Photo by: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Tampa reached the 100-degree Fahrenheit mark on Sunday for ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas baked Wednesday in a record fifth consecutive day of temperatures sizzling at 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46.1 Celsius) or greater amid a lengthening hot spell that is expected ...

After a comparatively dry fall in Southern California, there was a point last December when it seemed like the fears of a strong, wet El Niño winter may have been overblown. So much for that. In a ...