Current forecasts — and thermometers this morning — show a cool start to the month of December with a temperature battleground to follow in North Carolina. Rain is possible early next week and potentially again by mid-month.
The full outlook for the next four weeks is shown below, and available for download as a PDF or on our Short-Range Outlooks archive.
![The Short-Range Outlook for North Carolina for December 1 to 28, 2022](https://climate.ncsu.edu/fire/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/SROutlook_2022Dec-1024x791.png)