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January Extends a Warm Winter and Expands Coastal Dryness
Cold air continued to stay away from North Carolina this winter in another warm month. Precipitation spanned the spectrum from wet to dry in January,...
A Warm December Wraps Up a Record Warm Year
December was a month of mostly warm temperatures and fairly wet weather. It also put 2019 on top of the rankings for North Carolina’s warmest...
Q&A: Our Record Warmest Year in 2019
Those warm days in late December when temperatures touched the 70s didn’t just make you pull out the sandals for holiday break. They also helped...
A Decade in Review: The 2010s
Over the next two weeks, we’ll close out this year and decade with a look back at how the 2010s played out weather-wise in North...
November Sees Cooler Weather and Drought Recovery
The beginning of November brought a change to a cooler weather pattern and regular rainfall that helped drought conditions dissipate. We also wrapped up the...
Winter Pattern Update: What Does ENSO Neutral Mean for NC?
This is the first part of our annual winter outlook series. Our outlook will be released on Thursday, November 21. When assessing our likely wintertime...
The Heat Backed Off and Rain Picked Up in October
October began with hundred-degree heat, but a mid-month pattern change brought some relief from the heat and widespread rainfall that led to drought improvement. Record...