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January’s Frigid Start Gives Way to Milder Weather
Following an early-month shot of wintry weather, conditions warmed up while we also chipped away at the ongoing drought. After an Early Chill, Warmer Weather...
Rapid Reaction: Wintry One-Two Punch Brings Frozen Precip. and Frigid Air
The first winter storm of the season for most of North Carolina brought widely varied impacts across the state, with more than 10 inches of...
Record Snow or No? Behind the Scenes of a Record Event Review
Last year on our blog, we covered many of North Carolina’s historical extreme weather events, including the state record snowfall — 36 inches in 24...
The SCOfficial 2016-17 Winter Outlook
This is the third and final part of our 2016-17 Winter Outlook series including our expectations for this winter. Freezing temperatures finally arrived across much...
La Niña, Other Atmospheric Patterns Set to Shape Our Winter Weather
This is the second part of our 2016-17 Winter Outlook series. Our office’s winter predictions are available in our Winter Outlook post. While forecasts from...
Folklore-Based Forecasts Offer Little Consensus for this Winter
Our 2016-17 Winter Outlook series includes three posts beginning today and concluding on November 17 with our office’s predictions for the winter. The signs of...
From Snow Cones to Snow Showers: April 1983’s Snow and Freeze
Thirty-three years ago this week amid a warm spring in 1983, an April shower brought a record-setting springtime snow, followed by several days of sub-freezing...