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Rainfall Extremes in June Jumble the State Drought Map
While the rain reigned in eastern North Carolina last month, the western Piedmont stayed dry and has seen a degradation on the state drought map....
Warm, Wet December Weather Lands Short of Annual Records
With year-long temperature and precipitation records on the line, we narrowly missed both following warm and wet (but not warm and wet enough) weather in December. The initial stats...
An Extreme, Unusual 2020: the Weather Year in Review
The unprecedented aspects of 2020 included our climate in North Carolina, which the statistics show was an extreme year in our modern history. According to...
A Warm, Wet November Puts Records Within Reach
A few drenched days from the tropics’ parting shot to the Southeast amounted to a wet month in North Carolina that also featured sustained warmth. That vaulted us...
Rapid Reaction: Eta-Aided Rain Event Drenches NC
Amid a record-breaking hurricane season that has run up the score by repeatedly slam-dunking on the US coastline, it poured buckets in North Carolina yet again this...
Q&A: Our Record Warmest Year in 2019
Those warm days in late December when temperatures touched the 70s didn’t just make you pull out the sandals for holiday break. They also helped...
Was Hazel North Carolina’s Worst-Case Hurricane?
This is the final post in our “Stormy Summer” series looking back at some memorable hurricane anniversaries occurring in 2019. No discussion about North Carolina’s...