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2015 Climate Review: A Dry Summer But a Warm, Wet Year
Another year is in the books, and 2015 will go down as a warm and wet one for North Carolina, although we had some stretches...
The SCOfficial 2015-16 Winter Outlook
This year’s Winter Outlook series concludes with the official outlook from our office. Over the past two weeks, we’ve laid out the puzzle pieces for...
Analog Winters Help Show the Possibilities for This Year
Our Winter Outlook series has already covered the latest on El Niño and polar patterns. Today’s post looks at past years with similar conditions to...
Winter Recap 2014-15: A Warm Start with a Frigid, Frozen Finish
Today we revisit North Carolina’s winter, including a seasonal summary, a review of predictions from folklore and our own winter outlook, and an ENSO update...
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...
Fe-BRRRR-uary Was Cold and Wintry in NC
February may be the shortest month, but we packed in plenty of cold weather and frozen precipitation during the past 28 days. Coldest February in...
Rapid Reaction: More Mixed Precipitation Blankets NC
The third widespread wintry event in less than two weeks painted a familiar picture across the state: Snow falling to the north and west, rain...