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March 26, 2015 Climate Blog

Heavy Rain by Any Other Name Still Has an Impact

By Adrienne Wootten We conclude our series on CoCoRaHS March Madness with some perspective on heavy rain events and how CoCoRaHS observations are used. Heavy rain goes by...

March 24, 2015 Climate Blog, Climate Summary

Winter Recap 2014-15: A Warm Start with a Frigid, Frozen Finish

By Corey Davis Today we revisit North Carolina’s winter, including a seasonal summary, a review of predictions from folklore and our own winter outlook, and an ENSO update...

March 19, 2015 Climate Blog

Two NC CoCoRaHS Observers Share Their Stories

By Heather Dinon Aldridge We continue our series on CoCoRaHS March Madness with profiles of two observers in North Carolina. Are you cuckoo for CoCoRaHS?! These two North Carolinians...

March 12, 2015 Climate Blog, Events

NC Extremes: Storm of the Century Smashed Snowfall Records

By Corey Davis This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. An old adage says that March comes in like a lion and...

March 10, 2015 Climate Blog

Let the CoCoRaHS March Madness Begin!

By This post is the first in a series focusing on the CoCoRaHS network and the 2015 March Madness campaign. More rain is on the way...

March 2, 2015 Climate Blog, Climate Summary

Fe-BRRRR-uary Was Cold and Wintry in NC

By Corey Davis February may be the shortest month, but we packed in plenty of cold weather and frozen precipitation during the past 28 days. Coldest February in...