Recent Posts
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...
Summer Projects: Behind the Scenes of Drought Measurement
This post is part of a series highlighting the summer projects from our office’s student research assistants. The author, Jessica Miller, recently entered the PhD...
Summer Heat Hangs On in a Dry July
As we crossed the midpoint of summer, hot and dry conditions again prevailed in July. Above-Normal Temperatures Persist For the fifth consecutive month, the statewide...
Drought Update: Severe Drought Creeps into NC
A small area of North Carolina is in Severe Drought, according to this week’s release of the US Drought Monitor. Today’s post summarizes why this...