Wednesday, May 01, 2024
55.0°F

ALL ACCESS

With a Forever Rate.

Unlimited access to all the journalism we offer, plus the full digital experience. Secured peace of mind that your rate plan never increases.

GET ALL ACCESS

ALL ACCESS

With a Forever Rate.

Unlimited access to all the journalism we offer, plus the full digital experience. Secured peace of mind that your rate plan never increases.

GET ALL ACCESS

Randy Mann

See the latest column from Randy Mann here!

Updated 2 days, 16 hours ago

The 2024 tornado season is a little different

The 2024 tornado season has been relatively active, but not in the typical locations in the early spring season. A…

Updated 3 months, 2 weeks 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 3 months, 3 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 4 months 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 4 months, 1 week 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 4 months, 2 weeks 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…

Updated 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Tree rings give insights to past climates and earthquakes

Tree ring data has become very important in determining a region’s past climate. Trees are sensitive to the area’s local climate and each year, the tree will g…

Updated 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Will we see another year with below-zero temperatures?

December is here and we’ve finally received some snow after a relatively normal average temperature in November.

Updated 5 months ago
We have a strong El Niño

November is coming to an end later this week and the precipitation figures for Coeur d’Alene and surrounding regions are better when compared to October.

Updated 5 months, 1 week ago
Some volcanoes are making news this month

There are many volcanoes that are erupting and some of them are making headlines across the world. For example, Iceland’s volcanic activity is currently threat…

Updated 5 months, 2 weeks ago
The holidays are getting closer, so be on the lookout for those watches and warnings

November has certainly shaped up as a different one weatherwise when compared to October. Last month, it was very dry as only 0.26 inches of rain fell in Coeur…

Updated 5 months, 3 weeks ago
The ozone layer has been holding up

The weather pattern certainly changed in early November as we had more rain in the first two days of the month than all of October. At Cliff’s station, only 0.…

Updated 6 months ago
Halloween and more winter forecasts

Winter conditions arrived last week across the Inland Northwest as many locations received their first measurable snowfall for the season. At Cliff’s station, …

Updated 6 months, 1 week ago
Our city-by-city winter of 2023-24 snowfall predictions

Every year in mid-autumn, Cliff and I issue our annual city-by-city snowfall predictions for North Idaho and surrounding areas of the Inland Empire.

Updated 6 months, 2 weeks ago
The rest of October and Halloween outlook

The early portion of October produced some very warm weather across the Inland Northwest before showers and cooler temperatures arrived early last week.

Updated 6 months, 3 weeks ago
First freeze and potential winter ice

This is the time of year when local gardeners will have to start monitoring the weather more closely as our region will eventually be heading toward freezing t…