Talking about the weather is the ultimate ice breaker. Yet, most people know very little about the different atmospheric phenomena that impact them every single day of their lives. If you want to ...

WATCH: Will it rain all summer? And, why is the United States a hotspot for tornadoes? Lead meteorologist Ken Mahan opens his Weather Mailbag. (undefined) Welcome back to the Boston Globe Weather ...

Welcome back to the third week of our Boston Globe Weather Mailbag, where we sift through readers’ weather questions and answer them weekly. You can submit questions on everything from “Does it snow ...

Answer: El Nino is a weather phenomenon that describes the slight periodic warming of normally cold ocean currents in the equatorial and tropical pacific. El Niño means "the boy" in Spanish, and ...

When Punxsutawney Phil popped up and saw his shadow on Feb. 2, a collective groan rippled across the Eastern United States, where freezing temperatures, ice and snow have cast a big chill for days.