Weird Weather

2026-03-07 A barrage of tornadoes hit southwest Michigan resulting in loss of life. It was the earliest recorded tornado of its size, meaning the earliest in the year. This coincides with a huge uptick in unusual weather. The impact of climate change also hits Americans wallets with rising costs in homeowners insurance and recovery.

https://www.weather.gov/iwx/03062026_LowerMichiganTornadoes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_March_5%E2%80%937,_2026

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2026/03/10/tornado-tornadoes-union-city-three-rivers-weather/89071350007/

https://www.edf.org/climate/climate-change-and-extreme-weather

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/

2026-03-17 Half the country faced extreme threats while the other half sat under a heat-dome in triple digit weather.

https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/record-shattering-march-temperatures-in-western-north-america-virtually-impossible-without-climate-change/

https://weather.com/forecast/regional/news/2026-03-18-historic-march-heat-wave-west-plains-california-arizona

https://apnews.com/article/severe-weather-storm-snow-east-coast-a8bbd037aba99aaf0cc930e91fdb72ca

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2026-03-20/early-southwest-heat-is-latest-in-parade-of-weather-extremes-as-earth-warms

https://www.heraldandnews.com/ap_news/winds-blizzards-and-triple-digit-heat-put-over-half-of-the-u-s-in-the/article_85ae9822-c501-55eb-a3ed-3a9793c0b269.html

https://www.telegraphherald.com/ap/national/article_7bff956b-cf4c-541c-9d9d-a6c97b6b085e.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCfntXy7AK0

2026-03-20 Hawaii faced the worst flooding in 20 years.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/03/20/flooding-damage-reported-across-oahu-heavy-rain-overwhelms-already-saturated-ground/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/hawaii-oahu-flash-floods

https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/storms/oahu-floods-dam-failure-risk-evactuations-rcna264509

https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-flooding-heavy-rain-oahu-north-shore-e4b4f3642491b3e5de4a5ad7b82e9f39

https://www.dw.com/en/us-hawaii-hit-by-historic-flooding-more-rain-coming/a-76466168

2026 April

2026-04-02 The Artemis crew took a photo of earth and posted a side-by-side comparison to 1972, showing a now less-vibrant one.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/04/04/artemis-ii-photo-earth-space-blue-marble/89465526007/

2026-04-18 A fifth tornado touched down in Southeast Minnesota with a peak windspeed of 130mph.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdszYzyBhtg&list=WL&index=6

2026-04-18 Guam experienced a category 5 super typhoon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bAiwWjtCqY&list=WL&index=5

2026-04-20 Japan experienced a 7.4 earthquake followed by massive tsunamis.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c07jpy3vxxvt

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/strong-74-magnitude-quake-hits-off-japan-tsunami-warning-issued-2026-04-20/

https://apnews.com/article/japan-earthquake-tsunami-0746aebae49fc6cc37e20836ca37d570

2026-04-28 The National Drought Mitigation Center reported the highest level of drought since they started recording 25+ years ago. The Palmer drought severity index (by NOAA) showed that from 1895 to current, 2026 holds the worst March on record, and the third worst drought since the 1934 Dust Bowl.

https://drought.unl.edu/

https://drought.unl.edu/Publications/AnnualReports.aspx

https://www.drought.gov/about/partners/national-drought-mitigation-center-ndmc

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

https://fortune.com/2026/04/18/record-us-drought-rainfall-snowpack-wildfire-risk-southeast-west/

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/historical-palmers/

2026 May

2026-05-19 On this date Sandy Fire roared in California, tornadoes ripped through the Midwest, freeze advisories were issued in North Dakota, and heat wave advisories were issued in New York.

https://abc7.com/live-updates/sandy-fire-simi-valley-several-structures-burned-184-acres-scorched/19125501/entry/19130618/

https://weather.com/2026/05/18/storms/tornado/multiple-tornadoes-devastate-nebraska-iowa-communities

https://www.valleynewslive.com/2026/05/20/freeze-warning-wednesday-morning-followed-by-warm-up/

https://nypost.com/2026/05/18/us-news/nyc-air-quality-alert-as-temperatures-soar-into-the-90s/