Recent Posts
NC Extremes: NC Pocosins a Hotspot for Large Wildfires
This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. Extreme weather conditions such as drought and high winds can provide an...
Summer Projects: The New and Improved Drought Page
This post is part of a series highlighting the summer projects from our office’s undergraduate research assistants. The author, Emma Scott, is a sophomore in...
Summer Projects: SPEI, a Drought Index Based on Water Balance
This post is part of a series highlighting the summer projects from our office’s undergraduate research assistants. The author, Jessica Miller, is a senior majoring...
Air Quality Forecasting: A Case Study
This is the second of two guest posts about air quality forecasting by Bradley McLamb from the NC Division of Air Quality. This post looks...
Mild Weather, Arthur Headline July 2014 in NC
Overall, July in North Carolina was cooler than normal with a mix of dry and wet spots, including parts of the coast that were visited...
Lay of the Land: The Current State of Weather and Ag
This guest post by Dr. Mike Yoder with NC State University’s Department of Animal Sciences looks at the impacts of weather and climate on agriculture....
Spring 2014 Started Cool, Finished Warm in NC
This is the second post in our 2014 summer outlook series. Today we review our spring temperatures, precipitation, drought, and severe weather. Statewide Average Precipitation:...