Besides colder temperatures and falling snow, the other signs of obvious signs of winter approaching are longer nights and shorter days as the winter solstice nears. Here's when and what to know about ...

Folklore forecasting uses natural signs like animal behavior and plant changes to predict winter weather. A naturalist in Louisville observed hedge apples, persimmons, squirrels, walnuts, and woolly ...

An unusually “impactful” lake effect snow — a phenomenon where warm lake water and cold air meet to form snow — landed overnight in the Chicago area with three to four inches of snow as residents woke ...