Dr. Zachary Labe, climate scientist at Climate Central, said: “Winter isn’t gone – it’s changing. It can still get dangerously cold, but there are fewer freezing nights over time. Cold outbreaks still ...

In June 2025, a climate change-driven heat wave caused roads to buckle in multiple states. The same heat caused train tracks to warp, resulting in major delays for rail commuters across the East Coast ...

Much of the U.S. typically experiences the coldest day of the year in mid- to late-January. That’s what many experienced heading into the last week of January 2026 as a significant winter storm ...

Using Climate Central’s Climate Shift Index (CSI) tool to measure the impact of climate change on daily temperatures across the United States, as well as NOAA’s Applied Climate Information System ...