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Update from the Field: What’s Happening with the ECONet?

Sean Heuser

Jun 8, 2015

Weather and Fossils Collide at the Aurora Fossil Festival

Part of the mission of the State Climate Office is to increase public awareness of variations in North Carolina’s climate and environment. One way to do this is to attend different events and festivals throughout the state. A recent example of this occurred on May 23, when we participated in the 2015 Aurora Fossil Festival…

Dec 9, 2014

CCMMS Interns Investigate Pumpkin Growth Potential

This fall, the State Climate Office invited three students from Centennial Campus Magnet Middle School to learn more about weather and climate and complete a research project similar to those done by SCO’s scientists. The three students were eight-graders Ribhi Triesh and Savannah Mosley, and sixth-grader Zach Flatt. The students met every Monday for two…

Dec 4, 2014

Are Those Values Real?!

Sometimes, looking at climate data on a daily basis always brings new and unexpected results. One such result occurred earlier in November when relative humidity (RH) values at five of our western NC ECONet stations were below 10%. To put this in perspective, on the driest days in North Carolina, RH values will rarely dip…

Jul 14, 2014

Climatologically, the Warmest Day of Summer is Just Around the Corner

Last week, we tweeted a graphic from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) showing when the warmest day of the year happens climatologically. According to this map, the warmest day of the year, climatologically speaking, occurs between July 11 and July 15 for the majority of North Carolina. Two questions arose when this map was…

Feb 25, 2014

2013-2014 CCMMS Internship: Studies Involving Christmas Trees and Apples

Each year, the State Climate Office invites middle school students from Centennial Campus Middle School to participate in an internship to better their knowledge of weather and climate, as well as work on a project similar to what scientists here at the SCO do for a living. This year, the SCO decided to change how…

Jul 23, 2013

Update from the Field: What’s Happening with the ECONet?

Our in-house network of 38 weather stations, the North Carolina Environment and Climate Observing Network (or ECONet), is built to meet the needs of our partners across the state. This includes the NC Forest Service, multiple agricultural research stations, and citizens across the state. We measure parameters similar to those weather stations used by the…