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Warm Weather Bookends a Cool Mid-Month in March
After a warm, dry February, our temperatures and precipitation rebounded to near-normal levels in March. Winter’s Parting Shot Brings an Early Spring Cooldown February’s warm...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/February2016-infographic-360x216.png)
An Active February Features Wet Weather, Storms
From the coldest temperatures of the winter to widespread severe weather, February had a bit of everything. Temperatures Swing from Shivery to Spring-like The average...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Huntsboro_damage-360x216.jpg)
Rapid Reaction: Severe Storms Spawn Tornadoes in NC
Earlier this week, a cold front moving across North Carolina produced strong thunderstorms that spawned six tornadoes, then left high, gusty winds in its wake....![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tornadoes_1971-02-21_22-360x216.png)
February Tornadoes are Rare, But With a Damaging History
Last week’s EF1 tornado in Carteret County serves as a reminder that although the winter months are climatologically our least active for severe weather, damaging...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/accum_2016-02-15-360x216.png)
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...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/June2015-infographic-360x216.png)
June Sees Sizzling Heat, Emerging Drought, and Damaging Storms
Was June hot enough for you? Temperatures hit the 90s and 100s across the state last month, with dry conditions in the west and storms...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IRsat_2015-05-07_1915Z-360x216.png)
Slow-Moving Ana Brings Steady Rains to Eastern NC
Although three weeks remain until the traditional start of hurricane season, some recent activity in the Atlantic gave us the first named storm — Tropical...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/tornado_warnings-360x216.png)