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NC Extremes: Flood of 1916 Wiped Out Railways, Records
This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. One of our state’s most notable floods wreaked havoc on western North...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/tornado_warnings-360x216.png)
NC Extremes: April 2011 Tornado Outbreak One for the Records
This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. One of North Carolina’s most widespread — and most recent — severe...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/east_coast_snow_totals-360x216.jpg)
NC Extremes: Storm of the Century Smashed Snowfall Records
This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. An old adage says that March comes in like a lion and...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/maxSLP-19810213-360x216.png)
NC Extremes: Arctic Air Masses Pack a High-Pressure Punch
This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. When it comes to moving the mercury in barometers up to record-setting...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/mintemps_1985-01-21-360x216.png)
NC Extremes: The Coldest Day Redefined Records
This is the first post in a year-long series documenting some of North Carolina’s weather extremes. Today’s post looks at the event that brought the...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/extremes_preview.png)
NC Extremes: Series Overview
North Carolina has some iconic weather extremes: a low of -34°F at Mount Mitchell, a high of 110°F in Fayetteville, and 30 tornadoes on a...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/obs_ozone-360x216.png)
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...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DeathValley-360x216.jpg)