{"id":70,"date":"2020-12-14T15:10:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T20:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climate.ncsu.edu\/learn\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:20:10","slug":"about-our-climate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/climate.ncsu.edu\/learn\/about-our-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"About North Carolina&#8217;s Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-labeled-section wp-block-ncst-featured-content ncst-featured-content is-card-style layout-three-column\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__background\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__container\">\n             <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__content\">\n        \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-featured-content\"><a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-content-card with-image with-cta\"\n    href=\"https:\/\/climate.ncsu.edu\/learn\/weather-vs-climate-whats-the-difference\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-621\"\n            alt=\"Graph Icon\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/climate.ncsu.edu\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Wx_v_Clim.png\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; 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