WINTER STORM

Weather

Lightning rods and fashion

In this Weather Wednesday we look at how Benjamin Franklin's lightning rod inspired fashion.

Weather

Why do we get snow lanes

In this Weather Wednesday we look at how lanes develop during and after a snowfall, and it's not just by driving.

February 22, 2023 01:38 PM

Weather

The science of pink "watermelon snow"

In this Weather Wednesday we look at why snow can naturally be pink but it isn't something we should love.

February 15, 2023 12:00 PM

Weather

Experiment: how arctic animals stay warm in the frigid air

Weather Wednesday

February 01, 2023 12:45 PM

Latest Headlines

Weather

Best conditions for sculpting snow

Weather Wednesday

January 25, 2023 01:33 PM

By Jesse Ritka

Weather

Can you be allergic to the cold?

Weather Wednesday

January 18, 2023 11:30 AM

By Jesse Ritka

Editorials

An Echo Press Editorial: Icy roads can lead to big trouble

By the Echo Press Editorial Board

January 17, 2023 02:00 PM

Weather

What makes snow curl off of the roof?

Sometimes it seems like snow can defy gravity and it makes a pretty wicked view when conditions are just right.

January 11, 2023 02:18 PM

By Jesse Ritka

A child bundled up in snow clothes runs along a snowdrift while snow blows around her.

Columns

'It can't beat us' and other lessons from 'The Long Winter'

Many parts from Laura Ingalls Wilder's "The Long Winter" ring very true today.

January 02, 2023 05:30 AM

By Jenny Schlecht

Weather

Why weather may have made the Grinch dislike Christmas

Weather Wednesday

December 21, 2022 01:19 PM

By Jesse Ritka

Weather

Santa may get some help from the jet stream

Weather Wednesday

December 14, 2022 02:04 PM

By Jesse Ritka

Weather

Saving your roof from snow build up

Weather Wednesday

December 07, 2022 01:10 PM

By Jesse Ritka

Weather

Why lakes and ponds freeze from the top down

Weather Wednesday

November 30, 2022 03:00 PM

By Jesse Ritka