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Hurricane Bertha Kick-Started a Stormy Stretch in NC
The summer of 1996 was a wake-up call of sorts for North Carolina’s coastline. Prior to that, it had been ten years since the last...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Floyd_flooding-360x216.jpg)
NC Extremes: Damaging Hurricanes From Slopes to Shores
This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. In September, our NC Extremes post highlighted the strongest hurricanes to affect...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/hazel1954-morehead-360x216.jpg)
NC Extremes: Strong Hurricanes Are No Strangers to NC’s Coast
This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. Hurricanes are among the most extreme weather events North Carolina routinely receives....![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/east_coast_snow_totals-360x216.jpg)
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...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BTN2014-infographic-360x216.png)
2014 Climate Review: By the Numbers
In the first part of our 2014 climate review for North Carolina, we look at some statewide statistics and extremes from the past year. Temperatures...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/boardwalk_damage-360x216.jpg)
4 Factors that Made Hazel a Perfect Storm for NC
Before Fran, Floyd, Isabel, or Irene, there was Hazel. When Hurricane Hazel made landfall 60 years ago today, it set the standard for hurricane intensity...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sat-landfall-360x216.png)
Arthur Brings Wind, Rain, Flooding to NC Coast
It took almost a month of the 2014 hurricane season for the first storm to form, but once it did, Arthur strengthened quickly and set...![](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/avg_wind_chart-360x216.jpg)