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From Deluges to Droughts in 2021: the Weather Year in Review
Whether wet or dry, Mother Nature just couldn’t make up her mind in North Carolina last year. While 2021 was not particularly extreme in the...![The December 2021 temperature summary infographic, highlighting the monthly average temperature, departure from normal, and comparison to historical and recent years](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/temp_summary_Dec2021-360x216.png)
Unwrapping an Unseasonably Warm December
Holiday heat headlined our historically warm December, and despite late-month rainfall, it was a dry month overall. We also check in on how La Niña...![The November 2021 precipitation summary infographic, highlighting the monthly average temperature, departure from normal, and comparison to historical and recent years](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Nov2021_precip_summary-360x216.png)
Drought Degrades in Our Driest November in Decades
It was the driest November in a lifetime, with rainfall in retreat whether we were warm or cool. Drought has expanded and intensified after our...![A photo of smoke on Sauratown Mountain](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/SauratownMtn_smoke-360x216.jpg)
Rapid Reaction: Fire on the Mountains
Amid our worst fall fire season in five years, two wildfires in the past month have stood out from their elevated perches atop the Piedmont’s...![A map of the most recent snow event bringing at least 6 inches to parts of North Carolina](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/latest_6inch_Nov2021-360x216.png)
Climate Curiosities: Our Last Big Snow Events
After a couple of lackluster winters in a row — and with an outlook that doesn’t exactly scream “snow days on the way!” — the...![A map of global sea surface temperature anomalies in October 2021](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sst_anom_Oct2021-360x216.png)
Winter Outlook 2021-22: La Niña, Take Two?
It’s not even Thanksgiving yet, but for some meteorologists, it’s feeling a bit like Groundhog Day. For the second year in a row, a La...![The October 2021 temperature summary infographic, highlighting the monthly average temperature, departure from normal, and comparison to historical and recent years](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Oct2021_temp_summary-360x216.png)
October Bewitched by Warmth and Bedeviled by Drought Development
A paranormal October saw temperatures levitate above the historical average while precipitation mysteriously vanished, summoning the specter of drought back to North Carolina. Warm Weather...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/flooding_I95_Lumberton-360x216.jpg)