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Rapid Reaction: Smoky Skies Create Unhealthy Air Quality
Our summer started not with sun but smoke last week, which yielded the most widespread hazardous air quality episode seen in many years across the … <a href="https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2023/06/rapid-reaction-smoky-skies-create-unhealthy-air-quality/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more</a>
Heat and Air Quality in 2022: Temperatures, Ozone Peaked in June
The foliage reaching its final form and the first freeze of the season – not to mention the calendar showing it’s now November – are … <a href="https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2022/11/heat-and-air-quality-in-2022-temperatures-ozone-peaked-in-june/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more</a>
April Had Transient Temperatures, Plentiful Pollen… but No Tornadoes
Temperatures last month were quite variable from day to day, while many areas missed out on rainfall and no tornadoes occurred in NC all month. … <a href="https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2022/05/april-had-transient-temperatures-plentiful-pollen/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more</a>
Air Quality Updates: What to Watch for in 2022
That feeling of spring in the air will soon be joined by powdery puffs of pollen, some sniffs of smoke, and potentially even occasional unhealthy … <a href="https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2022/03/air-quality-updates-what-to-watch-for-in-2022/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more</a>
AIR Tool Offers Air Quality and Weather Data, in Detail
The State Climate Office and the North Carolina Division of Air Quality (NCDAQ) have partnered to build a new monitoring tool for those times when … <a href="https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2021/08/air-tool-offers-air-quality-and-weather-data-in-detail/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more</a>
April’s Weather Includes Thunderstorms, Pollen Storms
Across the state, April saw wet weather including tornado-producing storms, increasing temperatures, and a yellow cloud covering the landscape thanks to a springtime pollen-pocalypse. Rain … <a href="https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2019/05/aprils-weather-includes-thunderstorms-pollen-storms/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more</a>
Clearing the Air: A Discussion with Air Quality Forecasters
Today, our look at the state of air quality in North Carolina concludes with the third guest post by the meteorologists from the NC Division … <a href="https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2018/10/clearing-the-air-a-discussion-with-air-quality-forecasters/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read more</a>