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Record Snow or No? Behind the Scenes of a Record Event Review
Last year on our blog, we covered many of North Carolina’s historical extreme weather events, including the state record snowfall — 36 inches in 24...
The SCOfficial 2016-17 Winter Outlook
This is the third and final part of our 2016-17 Winter Outlook series including our expectations for this winter. Freezing temperatures finally arrived across much...
From Snow Cones to Snow Showers: April 1983’s Snow and Freeze
Thirty-three years ago this week amid a warm spring in 1983, an April shower brought a record-setting springtime snow, followed by several days of sub-freezing...
Winter Recap 2015-16: El Niño Fuels Wet Weather, Little Snow
With spring springing and blooms blooming, the winter has wrapped up in North Carolina. While we can’t rule out additional frost or freeze events this...
Hump Day-ja Vu: The Three Wednesday Snows of March 1960
March of 1960 must have felt a bit like Groundhog Day in North Carolina. For the first three Wednesdays of the month, parts of the...
Rapid Reaction: Wintry Weather and Spring-Like Storms Hit NC
Our winter roller coaster continued this week as high temperatures plummeted below freezing, we rounded a bend of snow and ice-slickened roads, and temperatures quickly...
Rapid Reaction: Winter’s First Major Storm Brings Snow, Sleet, Ice, and Rain
A two-day wintry event last Friday and Saturday was a classic Carolina storm, with a mixed bag of precipitation across the state ranging from heavy...