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Rapid Reaction: Smoky Skies Create Unhealthy Air Quality
Our summer started not with sun but smoke last week, which yielded the most widespread hazardous air quality episode seen in many years across the...
Wet Weekends Continue in a Shower-Soaked April
Regular rainfall in April made for a wet month, and continued a string of wet weekends this year. Warm and windy weather also fanned the...
A Warm, Dry March Fans the Fire Season’s Flames
March saw stretches of spring-like weather on either side of a cold week, and generally dry conditions across the state that made for an active...
November’s Weather Buffet Spanned Warm to Wet, Chilled to Charred
This November, Mother Nature was an accommodating hostess, serving up weather both hot and frozen, with entrées moist and filling, or burnt to a crisp....
Rapid Reaction: Fire on the Mountains
Amid our worst fall fire season in five years, two wildfires in the past month have stood out from their elevated perches atop the Piedmont’s...
AIR Tool Offers Air Quality and Weather Data, in Detail
The State Climate Office and the North Carolina Division of Air Quality (NCDAQ) have partnered to build a new monitoring tool for those times when...
Dry Weather Dominates November Across North Carolina
Much of the state received less than an inch of rain last month, which led to expanding drought and impacts including multiple wildfires. Fall’s First...