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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...
Postcards from Fran: Fuel for Fires and Sustenance for Soldiers
This account of Hurricane Fran in Fayetteville comes from Geneva Gray, a graduate research assistant at the State Climate Office. Hurricane Fran wreaked havoc across...
Postcards from Fran: Beyond-Belief Stories from the Coast
These memories from Hurricane Fran along the coast come from news articles written after the storm. North Carolina’s coast bore the brunt of Hurricane Fran,...
Postcards from Fran: A Neighborhood Knocked Down, then United, by Fran
This account of Hurricane Fran comes from Dr. Nancy Schecter, a resident of central Raleigh before, during, and after Fran. In September 1996, our kids...