A Winter Lacking Heavy Precipitation Across the U.S. Comes to a Much Wetter Close
The Extreme Precipitation Blog has been quiet this 2017-18 winter, and for good reason: much of the U.S. has simply not experienced significant heavy precipitation throughout the winter. Until, that is, the Mississippi and Ohio River Valley floods of mid-to-late...
The 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season in Review
As the devastating 2017 hurricane season comes to a close, we review the season statistics and present our preliminary analyses of rainfall associated with each of the 5 named storms that impacted the U.S. mainland this year.
Five Years After Hurricane Sandy, New England Faces Another “Frankenstorm”
As Hurricane Sandy so dramatically demonstrated five years ago yesterday (October 29th), even coastal New England is sometimes subjected to tropical storm and hurricane conditions. Sandy is notorious for a number of reasons, not least of which are its infamous...
Hurricane Irma: a Historic Storm for Florida
After becoming one of the Atlantic’s most powerful hurricanes on record, Irma hit Florida as a Category 3 storm, bringing widespread heavy rain to the state.
Hurricane Harvey – Extraordinary Flooding for Houston and Surrounding Areas
Hurricane Harvey will likely be remembered for many years as one of the most catastrophic storms to ever hit the United States.