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September Starts Warm and Gets a Soggy Send-Off
September began with a final taste of summer and ended with soaking rains and the first signs of fall. Summer Heat Spills Into Early September...
NC Extremes: Our History of Record Heat
This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. The heat and humidity of a North Carolina summer can be uncomfortable...
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...
North Carolina’s Dog Days of Summer
Y’all, it’s hot outside! Just this week, heat index values stretched into the triple digits across North Carolina. It is hot enough to make even...
June Sees Sizzling Heat, Emerging Drought, and Damaging Storms
Was June hot enough for you? Temperatures hit the 90s and 100s across the state last month, with dry conditions in the west and storms...
Summer 2014 Was Mild; What Will Fall Bring?
We avoided a sweltering summer in North Carolina, but what do the numbers say about the season? Today’s post summarizes our summer, looks at current...
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...