Precipitation comes in all forms: rain, sleet, freezing rain, and snow. Some even count virga, which becomes a gas and evaporates before it reaches us as raindrops. Hail also exists but forms ...

Human activities, such as burning fossil fuels for transportation and electricity, have worsened the intensity of extreme rainfall and snowfall over land in recent decades, not just in a few areas but ...

Climate change is altering patterns of precipitation in the Mid-Atlantic region, resulting in more intense flooding and droughts. The region is projected to have an increase in the amount of annual ...