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A photo of a tree down along the shores of Lake Norman after the August 7 tornado event

August Saw Extreme Heat and Damaging Storms

Hot weather carried over into August, and also featured many dry days until Idalia’s arrival. When we did have rain, it often came from severe...
A satellite image of Idalia over eastern North Carolina early on Thursday, August 31

Rapid Reaction: Idalia Ends August on a Wet Note

The first tropical storm of the season to affect North Carolina lashed the southeastern part of the state with rain and wind, but apparently caused...
A photo of the Spring Creek wildfire taken from the air

Rapid Reaction: Drought Comes Back, in a Flash

A little over six weeks ago, the town of Bayboro, which sits on the Pamlico River along North Carolina’s central coastline, was soaked by 1.89...
A photo of a sunflower field in at Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh

July Sizzles, With a Severe Weather Twist

Summer finally set in last month with the arrival of above-normal temperatures. Much of the state was on the dry side, but thunderstorms brought locally...
A photo of sunrise over the Pasquotank River on June 16

Smoke and Storms Fill the Skies in June

Cool and at times smoky conditions continued in June, while a week of showers and storms reversed the dry pattern we started the month with....
A photo of a smoky haze over Winston-Salem on June 6

Rapid Reaction: Smoky Skies Create Unhealthy Air Quality

Our summer started not with sun but smoke last week, which yielded the most widespread hazardous air quality episode seen in many years across the...
A photo of cloud cover and fog in the North Carolina Mountains

A Cool, Cloudy May Keeps Summer at Bay

Stretches of cooler weather left our temperatures below normal last month, but it was still a dry month overall. We also preview the Atlantic hurricane...
A photo of a rainbow over Sunset Beach, NC

Wet Weekends Continue in a Shower-Soaked April

Regular rainfall in April made for a wet month, and continued a string of wet weekends this year. Warm and windy weather also fanned the...
An aerial photo of smoldering on the site of the Last Resort wildfire

A Warm, Dry March Fans the Fire Season’s Flames

March saw stretches of spring-like weather on either side of a cold week, and generally dry conditions across the state that made for an active...