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Extreme Heat Stays Away to Start the Summer
After a hot, wet spring, June was a bit cooler and slightly drier across much of the state. Below-Average Afternoon Highs Drive a Cool Month...
April Showers Bring Flooding and Drought Relief
We’re still cooling off and wringing out after one of our warmest and wettest Aprils on record. From Freezing to 90, Warm Weather Rushes In...
Warm Weather Bookends a Cool Mid-Month in March
After a warm, dry February, our temperatures and precipitation rebounded to near-normal levels in March. Winter’s Parting Shot Brings an Early Spring Cooldown February’s warm...
Rapid Reaction: An Unusual Event for NC Drought Monitoring
It’s a tradition so well-established that you might not even know it happens. Every Thursday morning, the US Drought Monitor’s weekly assessment of conditions becomes...
Dry Weather Dominates November Across North Carolina
Much of the state received less than an inch of rain last month, which led to expanding drought and impacts including multiple wildfires. Fall’s First...
Rapid Reaction: Drought Intensifies in Western NC
While eastern North Carolina continues to recover from record flooding after Hurricane Matthew, western North Carolina remains in a persistent drought. Extreme Drought (D3), the...
From Snow Cones to Snow Showers: April 1983’s Snow and Freeze
Thirty-three years ago this week amid a warm spring in 1983, an April shower brought a record-setting springtime snow, followed by several days of sub-freezing...