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A Dream Come True: Remembering Our White Christmas in 2010

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A photo of tornado damage on a building in Jacksonville, NC

Apr 2, 2026

Severe Pollen, Severe Drought, and Severe Storms Ramp Up in March

Spring kicked into high gear in March, with warm weather and high pollen counts, mostly dry conditions and emerging drought impacts, and the first severe storms of the year. Warm Weather Blossoms With winter’s chill now behind us, March brought spring-like weather and overall above-normal temperatures across North Carolina. Data from the National Centers for…
A satellite image of snow on the ground across North Carolina on February 2, 2026

Mar 19, 2026

Winter Recap 2025-26: Cool and Dry, With a Snowy Centerpiece

It wouldn’t be a classic North Carolina winter without a bit of ice, a solid snow, and temperatures running the full range from frigid to spring-like – sometimes only days apart. We fit all of those and more into the 2025-26 winter. In this post, we’ll wrap up the season with a look at the…
A photo of snow on Grandfather Mountain on February 24, 2026

Mar 9, 2026

Snow Melted, But Severe Drought Continued in February

Snow and rain each fell in an overall dry February, which featured both winter chill and spring-like warmth. In one constant last month, drought continued with no improvements just yet. A Snowy Start, Then Weekly Rainfall Despite multiple precipitation events in both a frozen and a liquid form, February finished as another dry month for…
An aerial photo of Greenville, NC, after the snow on February 1, 2026

Feb 4, 2026

January’s Warm Start Flipped to a Frigid, Frozen Finish

The new year began with a memorable weather month, including an arriving chill and a wintry conclusion, which changed the landscape of our latest snow events. Temperatures in Freefall After warmer weather initially, a late-month chill put January’s temperatures slightly below normal overall. The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) reports a preliminary statewide average…
A photo of a snowplow in deep snow outside the National Weather Service office in Newport, NC

Feb 2, 2026

Rapid Reaction: A Statewide Snowstorm for the Ages

Accumulating snow fell all across North Carolina last weekend in our most widespread wintry event in more than a dozen years, and the biggest snow for some areas in several decades. While this event had a classic Carolina snowstorm setup, it was anything but a garden variety winter storm, following an ideal pattern for significant…
A photo of ice-covered trees in Transylvania County on January 25, 2026

Jan 26, 2026

Rapid Reaction: Weekend Winter Storm Brings Icy Glaze, But Few Outages

A winter storm with an icy, damaging history dealt a relatively minor blow to North Carolina last weekend, leaving a slippery glaze but limited power outages in its wake. After an Arctic front arrived on Friday night to set up a frigid air mass – including afternoon temperatures only in the 20s on Saturday –…
A photo of smoke from a wildfire near Banner Elk, NC, in November 2025

Jan 20, 2026

The Weather Year in Review: Dry Days, Plus a Few Storms, in 2025

It’s a climate conundrum: how can a year characterized by overall dry weather be most notable for its big precipitation events? That’s the reality of 2025 in North Carolina, which featured persistent drought as well as the return of snowfall, welcome spring rains for agriculture, and a solitary soaking from the tropics. As part of…
A photo of clouds over Pinehurst Resort on December 26

Jan 7, 2026

A Divided December Started Cold, Then Heated Up

December delivered mixed temperatures throughout the month, along with more dry weather and drought in central and western North Carolina. It also left us with a few more records to tally from 2025. From Wintry to Warm in One Month Balanced between a chilly start and a warmer finish, our December temperatures were near-normal overall…
A photo of snow on the ground and on a decorated tree next to the Pasquotank River in Elizabeth City

Dec 18, 2025

A Dream Come True: Remembering Our White Christmas in 2010

One of North Carolina’s rarest weather events became a reality 15 years ago as a White Christmas unfolded across the state. A two-part event on December 25 and 26, 2010, left snow falling in all 100 counties and more than a foot on the ground in parts of the Mountains and northern Coastal Plain. With…