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Winter Wanes Early in a Near-Record Warm February
This month’s climate summary highlights the warm weather and diminishing drought during February, plus the CoCoRaHS March Madness contest that’s now underway. Spring-Like Weather Arrives...
A Cold, Snowy January Brings Drought Relief
Our latest climate summary looks back at a memorable January that saw an extended stretch of cold weather, two major snow events, and some drought...
A Tale of Weather Transitions in 2017
Today, we’ll catch you up on last year’s weather storylines in North Carolina, and discuss just how extreme the past year was for our state....
Rapid Reaction: Season’s Third Snow Did Things Its Own Way
It sounds like a familiar story: a mid-January blast of cold air was followed by a winter storm, bringing snowfall across North Carolina. However, the...
Rapid Reaction: Snow Blows In Down East
After a week of cold and dry weather, flakes finally flew across much of eastern North Carolina with the passage of a fast-moving but potent...
Arctic Air Invades in December, But Was It Too Cold for Snow?
This month’s climate summary highlights December’s surge of cold weather, ongoing dry conditions, and a new sensor being tested at one of our ECONet stations....
Rapid Reaction: December Begins with a Wintry Wake-Up Call
We don’t often see snow on the ground before Christmas in North Carolina, but a potent weather system spurned the climatological and La Niña-skewed odds...