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Winter Outlook 2024-25: A Decisive Season for Droughts
It’s setting up to be a consequential winter for North Carolina, with the fate of a newly emerging drought, along with a potentially record-breaking “snow...
October Dries Out in a Monthly Rainfall Reversal
Coming off a soaking September, October offered a decidedly drier pattern, along with mostly warm temperatures. That has made for an unconventional start to fall...
Reflecting on a Record-Setting, Storm-Soaked September
Due to Hurricane Helene, the National Centers for Environmental Information’s data center in Asheville is currently shut down. Our colleagues at NCEI have confirmed that...
Rapid Reaction: Historic Flooding Follows Helene in Western NC
Torrential rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Helene capped off three days of extreme, unrelenting precipitation, which left catastrophic flooding and unimaginable damage in our...
Rapid Reaction: Unnamed Storm Unleashes Torrential Rain in Eastern NC
For the second time in just six weeks, parts of southeastern North Carolina have seen more than a foot of rainfall from a slow-moving storm...
Five Years Ago, Dorian Tested Our Post-Florence Preparedness
It was setting up to be a case of disaster déjà vu for North Carolina. Less than a year removed from Hurricane Florence – our...
Debby’s Deluge, Late-August Heat Ends a Summer of Extremes
August was wet for most of North Carolina thanks to Debby’s rainfall, while temperatures peaked in the final week of the month. That ended a...