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June Sees Sizzling Summer Heat Stick Around
Mother Nature turned up the thermostat last month, giving us a particularly steamy start to the summer. Our latest climate summary takes a look at...
Rapid Reaction: Irma Brings Wet, Windy Weather to Western NC
Last week, Hurricane Irma crossed the central Atlantic at Category-5 strength with maximum sustained winds of 184 mph — surpassed by only one known storm...
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...
Extreme Events from the Past Year, as Told by CoCoRaHS Reports
North Carolina had some impactful weather events over the past 12 months, from intense summer storms to powerful tropical systems along the coast to a...
Rapid Reaction: Matthew’s Mark on NC Includes Heavy Rain, Flooding
Hurricane Matthew won’t go down in the record books as a landfalling storm in North Carolina. At Category-1 strength as it grazed the coastline, it...
September Rains Soak the Coast While the West Remains Dry
While the entire state of North Carolina continued to see above-normal temperatures last month, there was a big difference in precipitation from east to west....
Postcards from Fran: Toppled Trees and the Smell of Sawdust
This account of Hurricane Fran in Raleigh comes from Jim Epps, an instrument technician at the State Climate Office. In the summer of 1996, I...