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A photo of snow on Topsail Beach on January 22, 2025

Winter Recap 2024-25: Snow Returns, but Drought Deepens

Our weather this winter included evidence of the expected, including overall dry conditions, along with some surprises sprinkled in with the return of snow across...
A photo of smoke from the Linville Gorge wildfire in March 2017 over Burke County, NC

Winter Outlook 2024-25: A Decisive Season for Droughts

It’s setting up to be a consequential winter for North Carolina, with the fate of a newly emerging drought, along with a potentially record-breaking “snow...
A satellite image showing five tropical storms in the Atlantic at the same time in September 2020

Uncharted Waters: Previewing the 2024 Hurricane Season

Few hurricane seasons in recent memory have arrived with as much anticipation as this year’s, and for good reason: few seasons have ever been favored...
A graph of monthly temperature departures from the 1901 to 2000 average for North Carolina in 2023

The Weather Year in Review: The Yin and Yang of 2023

Characterized by evolving large-scale patterns and a variety of conditions across North Carolina, from wet to dry and smoky to stormy, 2023 was an interesting...
A photo of sunrise over the Pasquotank River on June 16

Smoke and Storms Fill the Skies in June

Cool and at times smoky conditions continued in June, while a week of showers and storms reversed the dry pattern we started the month with....