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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...
NC Forest Service Attacks April’s Fires Using Lessons from the Past
The pattern change from our wet winter to a dry spring brought on one of North Carolina’s worst fire seasons in the last decade, with...
April Saw Fire, Little Rain, and Sunny, Seasonal Days
One ongoing dry pattern, two chilly mornings, and three wildfires were all parts of our April conditions in North Carolina. Spring-like Temperatures, Including Two Freezes...
NC Extremes: 2007’s Drought Emerged Quickly, Affected Millions in NC
This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. In some of the extreme weather events we’ve covered this year, there...
NC Extremes: NC Pocosins a Hotspot for Large Wildfires
This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. Extreme weather conditions such as drought and high winds can provide an...
April Showers Alleviate Lingering Dryness
After several months of dry weather in western North Carolina, April saw plenty of precipitation across that region along with above-normal temperatures across the state....
Fire Weather Portal Keeps Users Aware of Fire Risk in NC
In our previous post, we looked at the importance of fire to ecosystems in North Carolina. Today we conclude this series on drought and fire...