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NC Extremes: Spring Freezes Prove Costly for Agriculture
This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. May is generally associated with warming temperatures, springtime thunderstorms, and rain showers...
NC Extremes: April 2011 Tornado Outbreak One for the Records
This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. One of North Carolina’s most widespread — and most recent — severe...
NC Extremes: Storm of the Century Smashed Snowfall Records
This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. An old adage says that March comes in like a lion and...
Rapid Reaction: More Mixed Precipitation Blankets NC
The third widespread wintry event in less than two weeks painted a familiar picture across the state: Snow falling to the north and west, rain...
NC Extremes: Arctic Air Masses Pack a High-Pressure Punch
This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. When it comes to moving the mercury in barometers up to record-setting...
Rapid Reaction: Winter Awakens with a Round of Frozen Precip.
The first statewide wintry event of the season brought a mixed bag of precipitation types and left an icy glaze across parts of North Carolina....
NC Extremes: The Coldest Day Redefined Records
This is the first post in a year-long series documenting some of North Carolina’s weather extremes. Today’s post looks at the event that brought the...