Weather News
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Memorial Day Storms Albany to Boston
May 28, 2012; 12:09 PM ET
Locally strong thunderstorms will roll across upstate New York and through part of New England into this evening.
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"Mothership Cloud" Supercell Tornado In Texas
May 28, 2012; 12:07 PM ET
Storm chasers spotted the storm on May 21.
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Severe Storms to Slam Chicago, St. Louis, Springfield
May 28, 2012; 9:22 AM ET
Damaging thunderstorms will ignite from Chicago to St. Louis to Springfield later this afternoon and evening.
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Atlantic Hurricane Forecast: Storms Close to the Coast
May 28, 2012; 7:32 AM ET
AccuWeather's 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season forecasts 12 named tropical storms, five named hurricanes and two major hurricanes.
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Beryl's Impacts on the Southeast
May 28, 2012; 5:25 AM ET
As Beryl moves into the Southeast, its impacts will be widespread. However, not all news will be bad.
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Live Blog: Beryl On Land
May 28, 2012; 5:19 AM ET
Live updates throughout the day as Beryl's rain and thunderstorms continue.
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Beryl Bearing Down on Jacksonville, North Florida
May 28, 2012; 5:12 AM ET
Tropical Storm Beryl has made landfall and will continue to track across northern Florida.
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Odd Track Brings Beryl to Florida, Georgia This Weekend
May 28, 2012; 5:10 AM ET
Subtropical storm Beryl will take a unique track toward the Florida and Georgia coast this weekend, eyeing a landfall on Sunday.
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Big Storms Rolling through Pennsylvania
May 27, 2012; 9:49 PM ET
The storms will remain severe through Sunday evening.
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Record Heat at the Indy 500
May 27, 2012; 9:34 PM ET
Indianapolis and the 2012, 500-mile race of the same name will be in the throes of a record-challenging heat wave this weekend.
Daily U.S. Extremes
past 24 hours
| Extreme | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| High | 100° | Smyrna, TN |
| Low | 15° | Sunset Crater, AZ |
| Precip | 3.99" | Wadena, MN |
WeatherWhys®
Hail is much more common during the months of May and June compared to July and August. The main reason is the fact that the freezing level is usually higher during July and August as pockets of cold air in the upper atmosphere are less common as the jet stream weakens and retreats farther north.
This Day In Weather History
Leesburg, Va. (1982)
In Leesburg, a suburb of Washington, D.C., 2.20 inches of rain fell in 15 minutes.
Leesburg, Fla. (1989)
A lightning bolt tore a 4-foot-wide hole in the ceiling of a residential dining room and struck a 9-year-old boy between the shoulder blades. Although injured, the boy survived.
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