Jaya Saxena is a former correspondent at Eater, and the series editor of Best American Food and Travel Writing. She explores wide ranging topics like labor, identity, and food culture. Editor’s note: ...

Rochester, NY (WHAM) - The short answer to that question is neither. The soft and crush-able ice pellets that fell today are actually called graupel. These crunchy pieces of snow-like ice typically ...

Sleet and ice pellets are different terms for the same phenomenon: precipitation in the form of ice grains formed from the freezing of raindrops or refreezing of largely melted snowflakes that have ...

Why is it raining instead of snowing when the temperature is below freezing? It’s a common question during the cooler months during a messy winter storm. Freezing rain and ice pellets are underrated ...

Another winter storm is on the way to New Jersey. Though it will be starting out as rain, as temperatures turn colder Friday, the rain is expected to turn into different types of icy pellets, making ...

The summer solstice was last week, but it felt a lot like a different season atop Mount Washington early Friday.Observers said the summit reached a low of 27 degrees, which is colder than the previous ...