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Aug 3, 2017

The State Bakes During a Warm, Dry July

July featured the hottest weather of the year and a widespread lack of rainfall that helped Abnormally Dry conditions emerge for the first time in several months. High Heat Hits Mid-Month The summer heat sizzled last month, with the statewide average temperature of 78.10°F ranking as our 29th-warmest July out of the past 123 years.…

Jul 18, 2017

Five Burning Questions about the Second Half of 2017

We’re halfway through 2017, which means winter and spring are history and we’re at roughly the midway point of the summer. As we look ahead to the rest of the year, here are five questions we’re contemplating about North Carolina’s weather. 1. When Will the Extreme Heat Hit? This summer started with a cool June…

Sep 19, 2016

Summer Recap and Fall Outlook: How Long Will the Warm Weather Last?

Shorter days and the emergence of pumpkin spice everything are sure signals that we’re entering the fall. In fact, meteorological fall began on September 1, but you wouldn’t have known it from the thermometer readings alone. Indeed, North Carolina’s summer was perhaps best defined by the persistence of above-normal temperatures that stretched from June through…

Aug 1, 2016

Persistent Heat Makes For a Sizzling July

Above-normal temperatures were a mainstay during the past month, leading to one of North Carolina’s warmest Julys on record. The Heat Hangs On All Month The statewide average temperature of 79.28°F ranks as the 6th-warmest July since 1895. The heat was all-encompassing, as most weather stations recorded one of their top five warmest Julys on…

Dec 17, 2015

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 North Carolina’s weather records from hot to cold, wet to dry, and fire to ice. These records describe a state with a wide variety of weather conditions and plenty of…

Nov 5, 2015

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 were dramatic impacts like an 18-foot storm surge or a line of damaging tornadoes. Other events had a clear peak, like when morning lows dropped below zero on “the Coldest…

Oct 1, 2015

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 Although September was the start of meteorological fall, it sure didn’t feel like it early in the month. Temperatures topped 90°F throughout the first 10 days of September to extend…

Aug 20, 2015

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 enough in a typical year. But our state has a history of the heat ramping up, often for days at a time, and pushing our statewide high temperature record —…
July 2015 Infographic

Aug 3, 2015

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 average temperature ranked above normal in what has been a warm spring and summer. Last month’s mean temperature of 77.73°F was 0.8°F above the long-term average, making it the 37th-warmest…