But millions of Americans are about to finally thaw out, according to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center’s Spring Outlook 2025. The outlook paints the weather picture with a broad brush, but it does offer valuable insight into what parts of the country will see above,

Great Lakes ice coverage reached a historic low last year since recordkeeping began back in 1973, according to NOAA. Lake Michigan is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volu

If you’re one of the millions of Americans thawing out after a week of Arctic air and deep freezes, spring weather and sunshine can’t come soon enough. On Thursday, national

"Everyone was devastated. People were hugging and crying, it was an extremely emotional and sad end to the day," said Brie Farina.

Deep cuts could slow long-term weather and climate monitoring, leave less time to prepare for natural disasters and put biodiversity at risk.

The layoffs included meteorologists and those who give crucial forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the country, federal workers who were not let go said.

Those let go include meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the country.

Nicole Rice had been with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for 10 years before being abruptly fired Thursday.

Hundreds of NOAA workers were fired Thursday. We spoke with a CMU professor who says the layoffs may complicate severe weather response.

But millions of Americans are about to finally thaw out, according to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center’s Spring Outlook 2025. The outlook paints the weather picture with a broad brush, but it does offer valuable insight into what parts of the country will see above, below, or average temperatures and precipitation for March, April and May.

Michigan's lower Great Lakes are past peak ice coverage, which typically coincides with the end of February, NOAA said. The upper Great Lakes, are at peak ice coverage, which ends in early March.

The president plans significant cuts and layoffs to the NOAA and NWS, impacting weather forecasting and climate research, as detailed in Project 2025.