HAYS — Even for a perennially dry region like western Kansas, this year sticks out. Barely any rain. Temperatures that bake the soil into a cracked, parched mess. And forecasts that don’t offer much hope…

Tuesday’s cooler weather was a welcome relief for area farmers, with highs barely reaching the 80-degree barrier. But with only a trace of precipitation, fall crops are in danger if nothing of significance falls in…

As blistering temperatures continue, the Allen County Fair is making a few changes to protect both people and animals. The fair board is canceling the Dry Land Turtle Race and the Best Dressed Pet contest.…

LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France (AP) — A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward Monday to Britain and fueled ferocious wildfires in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes and firefighters to…

An excessive heat advisory is in effect in Allen County until Thursday evening, prompting emergency and health officials to urge residents to take precautions. Temperatures are expected to exceed 100 degrees through Thursday, with the…

This graphic shows how temperatures have fluctuated from a high of 70 to 19 over the past week. 

SEATTLE (AP) — Severe weather sweeping parts of the U.S. brought frigid temperatures to the Pacific Northwest, heavy snow to mountains in Northern California and Nevada and unseasonable warmth to Texas and the Southeast.  Emergency…

Earth’s climate is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released Monday that the…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Intense. Prolonged. Record-breaking. Unprecedented. Abnormal. Dangerous. That’s how the National Weather Service described the historic heat wave hitting the Pacific Northwest, pushing daytime temperatures into the triple digits, disrupting Olympic qualifying…

It has been a scorcher the past week to say the least. The cooler temperatures this week are certainly a welcome relief. However, we’ve just passed the Summer Solstice which means the official start of…