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![A photo of flooding at North Wilkesboro Speedway on Saturday, May 18](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/NorthWilkesboro_rain_May18-360x216.jpg)
Soaking Showers, Summer Sizzle Show Up in May
Springtime showers and storms made for a wet May, while summer-like temperatures settled in during the month. That wrapped up an overall warm, wet, and...![A photo of hail on the ground in Robeson County on April 20](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/RobesonCo_hail_Apr20-360x216.jpg)
April Accompanied By Little Precipitation, Big Hail
Ascending temperatures arrived in April, while the rain that moistened our March was mostly absent. However, our few thunderstorms did bring an icy, potentially record-matching...![A photo of the sun rising over trees in Cabarrus County](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Cabarrus_sunrise_Mar31-360x216.jpg)
Rain Returns and Pollen Proliferates in a Warm March
It was a record wet March in parts of North Carolina, while the entire state experienced warm temperatures and the corresponding arrival of pollen season...![A map of total snow accumulations during the 2023-24 winter in North Carolina](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/accum_winter2023-24-360x216.png)
Winter Recap 2023-24: Rain Returns, but Snow Stays Away
The long-awaited arrival of El Niño late last year helped our winter start with a splash, with multiple rain events across the state in December...![A photo of a cherry tree in bloom in Raleigh in late February](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cherry_tree_ncsu_Feb2023-360x216.jpg)
Spring Leaps In, Drought Creeps Back in February
Warm weather dominated last month, and so did dry conditions across much of the state. In light of those unseasonable stretches, we look at how...![A photo of daffodils blooming in Chapel Hill on January 30.](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/daffodils_ChapelHill_Jan30-360x216.jpg)
Drought Disappears as January Stays Wet in the West
Warm temperatures dominated January, as did wet weather in western North Carolina, which brought our ongoing drought to an end. Mild Weather for a Winter...![A graph of monthly temperature departures from the 1901 to 2000 average for North Carolina in 2023](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/monthly_temp_departures_2023-360x216.png)
The Weather Year in Review: The Yin and Yang of 2023
Characterized by evolving large-scale patterns and a variety of conditions across North Carolina, from wet to dry and smoky to stormy, 2023 was an interesting...![A photo of cloudy skies in Weaverville on December 29](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Weaverville_2023-12-29-360x216.jpg)