From sweltering temperatures and summer thunderstorms to an upward swing in hurricane season, July can be a busy month for ...

This year, the Summer Solstice arrived at 10:42 p.m. on June 20. The word “solstice” is derived from the Latin words sol (Sun ...

The new moon occurs on June 25. A day later, Mercury reaches its highest point in the evening sky, and on June 27, the young ...

A ‘heat dome’ is a strong high-pressure system aloft that gets cut off from the main westerly flow around the Northern ...

As the sun rose on the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, a crowd erupted in cheers at Stonehenge where the ...

As the sun rose Saturday on the longest day of the year, a crowd erupted in cheers at Stonehenge where the ancient monument ...

Summer Solstice is almost here and this is how you can mark the annual occasion and what gifts the Sun's peak could bring ...

Friday is the longest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical summer.

The winter solstice falls between December 20 and 23.. Meanwhile, at the summer solstice, the Northern Hemisphere is toward the sun, leading to the longest day and shortest night of the year.