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A photo of snow on Topsail Beach on January 22, 2025

Winter Recap 2024-25: Snow Returns, but Drought Deepens

Our weather this winter included evidence of the expected, including overall dry conditions, along with some surprises sprinkled in with the return of snow across...
A photo of a plow on a road in Pender County after the January 22 snow event

A Cold, Dry January Sees Snow Return, Drought Expand

January brought a rare run of cold weather that supported several rounds of snow. But with little other precipitation, drought continued expanding across the state...
A photo of clouds in the sky over Winston-Salem on November 24

Warm Weather Delays Winter’s Chill in November

A steady stream of early-fall-like days made for a warm November, and despite returning rainfall, it was a dry month too. November wrapped up a...
A photo of smoke from the Linville Gorge wildfire in March 2017 over Burke County, NC

Winter Outlook 2024-25: A Decisive Season for Droughts

It’s setting up to be a consequential winter for North Carolina, with the fate of a newly emerging drought, along with a potentially record-breaking “snow...