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Arctic Air Invades in December, But Was It Too Cold for Snow?

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Jan 31, 2025

Road trips, mountains and a whole lot of data: An NC State senior’s internship with the State Climate Office

NC State University senior Jack Kendrick spent last summer studying mountain inversions as an ECONet Summer Undergraduate Student Intern.
A photo of the sun behind the clouds in Surry County

Nov 10, 2022

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 all sure signs that the summer is finished. This summer in North Carolina got off to a hot start but wrapped up right on time, at least by astronomical accounting.…
A satellite image of Ian as it approached the Carolinas on September 30.

Oct 3, 2022

Rapid Reaction: Windy, Wet Ian Sweeps Through North Carolina

The remnants of Hurricane Ian crossed the Carolinas on Friday and Saturday, completing the storm’s week-long zig-zagging journey through the Caribbean, across Florida, and eventually up the Atlantic coast and inland. Ian’s twisting track, bobbing and weaving from east and west, was the result of its interactions with other non-tropical atmospheric features. Initially, the storm’s…
Hourly temperature and precipitation data from the Castle Hayne ECONet station, plotted on an interactive and exportable graph in Station Scout.

Apr 5, 2021

Our New Website Offers Data on Demand, ECONet Insights

We’re proud to officially launch our new-look website today, and our current design is more than just a fresh coat of paint. Here’s an overview of what you will find, headlined by our new data request tool that makes it faster and easier than ever before to access weather and climate data from across North…

Jul 18, 2018

Local Partners Make Ongoing Weather Monitoring Possible

Earlier this month, our office’s Environment and Climate Observing Network, or ECONet, grew to 42 total weather stations with the addition of a monitoring site in Chapel Hill. This was a great example of the necessary steps for putting up a new weather station, so in today’s blog post, let’s take a look at those…

Jun 4, 2018

May Was Hot and Humid with Heavy Rains

Between torrential flood-causing rainfall and warm, humid weather, it was an active and often uncomfortable May weather-wise. Our latest climate summary takes a look at the past month in North Carolina, including an interesting observation from one of our stations. Record-Setting Rainfall This year’s April showers continued into May, as widespread rainfall produced our wettest…

Apr 1, 2018

Winter Roars Back in a Lion-Like March

This month’s climate summary highlights our turbulent March that included some springtime snow, cool and windy weather, and a new sensor to help track heat stress on the human body. Spring Starts with Snow, Variable Rainfall In March, some parts of North Carolina received drought-relieving rain and snow while others saw more limited precipitation. Overall,…

Jan 18, 2018

Rapid Reaction: Season’s Third Snow Did Things Its Own Way

It sounds like a familiar story: a mid-January blast of cold air was followed by a winter storm, bringing snowfall across North Carolina. However, the setup for our latest wintry event, which brought up to a foot of snow in some areas, was far from typical. In this case, there was no high pressure in…

Jan 3, 2018

Arctic Air Invades in December, But Was It Too Cold for Snow?

This month’s climate summary highlights December’s surge of cold weather, ongoing dry conditions, and a new sensor being tested at one of our ECONet stations. Cold Air Arrives Late in the Month It was up on the housetop, down through the chimney, and in the air on many silent nights. An Arctic chill made its…