weather anomalies
Unusual atmospheric events
Weather anomalies are deviations from normal or expected weather patterns—temperatures, precipitation, or atmospheric conditions that fall outside typical ranges for a given location and time of year.
The term appears in climate discussions and meteorological reports: Scientists are tracking weather anomalies linked to El Niño.
An anomaly might be a record-breaking heatwave, unseasonable frost, or unusual drought.
- freezing rainPrecipitation forming ice on surfaces
- hailIcy precipitation pellets
- La NiñaCool-phase climate pattern
- derechoLong-lived straight-line windstorm
- bomb cycloneRapidly intensifying low-pressure storm
heatwave · climate · polar vortex · atmosphere · atmospheric river · flash flood · thermal inversion · tropical cyclones · drought · rain shadow · frost · microburst · tornado · cold snap · Indian summer · hurricane · jet streams · lightning