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Randy Mann

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Updated 3 days, 11 hours ago

A superbloom expected in California's deserts

Last week certainly felt like spring across the Inland Northwest. March 17 was the warmest St. Patrick’s Day in re…

Updated 1 week, 3 days ago
The spring equinox is here

On Tuesday, March 19, at 8:06 p.m. PST, spring will officially arrive across the North American continent. The date is also known as the spring equinox, and th…

Updated 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Earthquakes in the Midwest with threats in the Northwest

Recently, residents in the Midwest have been concerned about the recent increase in earthquake activity in southern Illinois. Since the middle of November of 2…

Updated 3 weeks, 3 days ago
A history of daylight saving time

On Sunday, March 10, most U.S. and European residents will once again move their clocks forward one hour. Daylight saving time is the cycle that starts in the …

Updated 1 month ago
The 2024 tropical storm and hurricane season could be another active one

The official start of the tropical storm and hurricane season in the Atlantic and Caribbean waters is a little more than 3 months away. With the strong El Niño…

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Is the California drought over?

The California rainfall season begins July 1 and ends the following June 30. Most other stations, including Coeur d’Alene, begin their moisture season Jan. 1.

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
El Niño's effects are here, but they may not last

The 2023-24 snowfall season has not been one to remember in North Idaho and other parts of the U.S.

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
The strong El Niño may have already peaked

As of late January, ocean waters along the equatorial regions are still very warm and forecasters who carefully watch the trends of ocean warming and cooling h…

Updated 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Some spectacular celestial events in 2024

This year will offer U.S. skywatchers a variety of dazzling celestial events from meteor showers, a comet fly-by and the long-anticipated solar eclipse across …

Updated 2 months ago
History of Coeur d'Alene cold waves

Conditions this month have been some of the coldest and iciest across North Idaho in recent memory.

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
Very frigid weather for the start of 2024

Late last week, we had some of the coldest weather across the country we’ve felt and heard about in a long time as hundreds of cold records were broken. Over t…

Updated 2 months, 2 weeks ago
It's been a wild start to 2024

We’re barely a week into 2024 and some parts of the world have experienced Mother Nature’s wrath.

Updated 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Our planet's orbit now has us closest to the sun

We’re now into 2024 and it’s almost hard to believe that another year has passed. My parents always told me that when you get older, time passes more quickly. …

Updated 3 months ago
More weather extremes in 2023

Thanks, at least in part, to the warm water phenomenon, El Niño, many residents across the U.S. were disappointed with the lack of snow on Christmas Day.

Updated 3 months, 1 week ago
Our planet has been affected by solar storms

Earlier this year, I wrote an article stating that our sun was in the middle of a stronger “maxima” cycle. During these events, there are increased number of s…