Recent Posts
April Saw Fire, Little Rain, and Sunny, Seasonal Days
One ongoing dry pattern, two chilly mornings, and three wildfires were all parts of our April conditions in North Carolina. Spring-like Temperatures, Including Two Freezes...
From Drought Monitoring to Beekeeping: Exploring Uses of CoCoRaHS Data
This is the second of two posts highlighting how CoCoRaHS data is used and the value of the reports. We conclude this series by investigating...
2015 Climate Review: A Dry Summer But a Warm, Wet Year
Another year is in the books, and 2015 will go down as a warm and wet one for North Carolina, although we had some stretches...
NC Extremes: The Stories Behind Our Extremes
This is the final post of 2015 in our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. Every month this year, we have covered some of...
NC Extremes: 2007’s Drought Emerged Quickly, Affected Millions in NC
This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. In some of the extreme weather events we’ve covered this year, there...
Summer Projects: Evaluating a New Drought Dataset for NC
This post is part of a series highlighting the summer projects from our office’s student research assistants. The author, Brandon Black, is a rising junior...
A Dry August Concludes a Warm Summer
August continued a recent dry pattern that has seen drought conditions emerge across parts of North Carolina. After Early Warmth, Temperatures Finish Near Normal Warm...