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Six Years of Service and Science: Honoring our Departing Director, Kathie Dello
This week, we at the State Climate Office say farewell to our director, Dr. Kathie Dello, and wish her all the best as she begins...
Rapid Reaction: Hurricane Erin a Close Call with Coastal Damage
The first hurricane – and the first major hurricane – of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season passed off our coastline this week, and despite not...
Isaias’s Coastal Hit a Turning Point for NC Storms, Preparedness
Five years ago, an overactive Atlantic brought an early-season hurricane to North Carolina’s doorstep. Just after 11 pm on August 3, 2020, Hurricane Isaias made...
Summer Sizzles in a Stormy, Steamy July
July saw a wet start including Tropical Storm Chantal and month-long warmth, especially overnight. To help communities prepare for hot weather like that, an Extreme...
How Heat Stress – and Monitoring – is Changing in NC
Thirty minutes into the most recent Olympic women’s soccer gold medal match between the United States and Brazil, officials recognized it was time for a...
Rapid Reaction: Tropical Storm Chantal Soaks Central North Carolina
The first tropical system of the season to affect North Carolina produced locally heavy rainfall and flooding in parts of the Piedmont and Sandhills. Tropical...
June Started Wet, Ended Hot with Active Air Quality
June was warm overall thanks to a late-month heat wave and mostly wet due to early-month showers and storms. It also saw several air quality...