AccuWeather.com reports although fall doesn't officially begin until Saturday, Sept. 22 at 10:49 a.m EDT, the weather will take a decidingly cool and showery turn across the Great Lakes beginning today. A cold front that swept eastward through Wisconsin and Illinois Wednesday night ushered in cool a...

A brief rain shower with tiny hail Wednesday may have seemed to dampen the fire danger in the lakes area, but it wasn't enough to quench current dry conditions. Rains in May and June, which caused widespread flooding concerns, were well above average.

State College, Pa. -- 10 September 2012 -- AccuWeather.com reports some Midwesterners will wake up to the first frost and freeze of the season this week, while others around the northern Great Lakes may witness the first snow flakes of the season. Drastically colder air is surging into the Midwest b...

With low humidity and gusty winds blowing in unseasonably warm air, the National Weather Service issued a red flag warning across much of the lakes region.

Warm air and gusty winds combined with dry vegetation are creating critical fire conditions in a swath from central Minnesota to western Kansas.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The leaves are just beginning to change color in Minnesota. The Department of Natural Resources posted its first online fall color report of the season, showing the most advanced color changes, at 10 to 25 percent of peak color, over swaths of northeast, north-central, east-...

U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken Friday announced $5 million to repair roads damaged by floods and severe weather in Duluth and surrounding communities as well as counties in southern Minnesota.

Hot, dry and breezy conditions are working to elevate the wildfire danger in Minnesota. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is cautioning residents and visitors about the intensifying wildfire threat in Minnesota.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Critical ice in the Arctic Ocean melted to record low levels this sweltering summer and that can make weather more extreme far away from the poles, scientists say.

Monday...Mostly sunny. Highs 75 to 80. Northwest wind around 5 mph. Monday night...Mostly clear. Lows 52 to 57. North wind around 5 mph becoming light. Tuesday...Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. Highs 80 to 85. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Tuesday night...Mostly clear. Lows 60...