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Very Wet, Fairly Cold, but Rarely Snow This February
The jet stream pattern in February brought plenty of precipitation and some colder air into North Carolina, but that did not materialize into much snow across the state. A Soaked...
Rapid Reaction: Back-to-Back Ice Storms Pound the Northern Piedmont
If the Piedmont of North Carolina is the ice storm capital of the south, then the ruling weather regime had a full docket over the...
A ‘Fairy Tale’ January Has Tame Temperatures, Precipitation Variety
Once upon a time last month, our temperatures seemed bland and boring, but a closer look revealed a world of precipitation possibilities, including snow, soggy spots, and the...
Warm, Wet December Weather Lands Short of Annual Records
With year-long temperature and precipitation records on the line, we narrowly missed both following warm and wet (but not warm and wet enough) weather in December. The initial stats...
A Warm, Wet November Puts Records Within Reach
A few drenched days from the tropics’ parting shot to the Southeast amounted to a wet month in North Carolina that also featured sustained warmth. That vaulted us...