Childe Hassam, “Rainy Day, Columbus Avenue, Boston” (1885). Oil on canvas, 66 x 122 cm. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio. (Image via Web Gallery of Art) By mid-July, more rain has fallen in the New ...

If you have never heard of the term Cáju Rains, don’t feel bad. They don’t occur in the U.S. and are very specific to a certain region in South America. If you have heard of them, pat yourself on the ...

This segment originally appeared in today's edition of the Morning Brief newsletter. Sign up here to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. Measuring rain might seem ...

What's in a name? For weather fanatics and casual observers, it's always a good time to deploy weather words. Going deeper down that rabbit hole, the National Weather Service (NWS) maintains a ...

Until recently, it was a four-letter word that was mentioned hopefully, reverently — rain. But after this month’s numerous atmospheric rivers and the devastation they brought, many of us might be ...

Not all rain is created equal. Imagine rain that doesn’t just water the plants, but can actually damage them. That’s the reality of acid rain. Acid rain refers to any form of precipitation, rain, snow ...