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The Weather Year in Review: Familiar Patterns with New Twists in 2022
It was a year that started and ended with totally out-of-season weather, and included just about every extreme in between, from hot to cold, wet...
From Deluges to Droughts in 2021: the Weather Year in Review
Whether wet or dry, Mother Nature just couldn’t make up her mind in North Carolina last year. While 2021 was not particularly extreme in the...
Rainfall Extremes in June Jumble the State Drought Map
While the rain reigned in eastern North Carolina last month, the western Piedmont stayed dry and has seen a degradation on the state drought map....
An Extreme, Unusual 2020: the Weather Year in Review
The unprecedented aspects of 2020 included our climate in North Carolina, which the statistics show was an extreme year in our modern history. According to...
Join Us for Climate-Conscious NC!
Happy August! For those of you that don’t know me yet, my name is Kathie Dello and I’m the State Climatologist and Director of the...
North Carolina Climate Science Report Plain Language Summary
For the past 8 months, our office has been involved in writing the North Carolina Climate Science Report, the first report of its kind for...
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...