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Climate Curiosities: When the Dog Days are the Doggonest
After sliding through this June and July with relatively few hot days, it may have seemed like we were out of the woods when it...
A Slow-Starting Summer Heated Up in August
Steamy summer weather settled in during August, while Fred’s heavy rain made for a wet month. That wrapped up a summer notable for its tropical...
Rapid Reaction: Fred Fosters Floods in Western NC
The third tropical storm to affect North Carolina in the past two months targeted the Mountains with heavy rainfall and flooding this week. Like Claudette...
AIR Tool Offers Air Quality and Weather Data, in Detail
The State Climate Office and the North Carolina Division of Air Quality (NCDAQ) have partnered to build a new monitoring tool for those times when...
Amid a Subdued Summer, Elsa Adds More Rain in July
Summer heat remained scarce in North Carolina last month, while Elsa headlined a wet pattern across the Coastal Plain. Following Elsa, we look at where...
Rainfall Extremes in June Jumble the State Drought Map
While the rain reigned in eastern North Carolina last month, the western Piedmont stayed dry and has seen a degradation on the state drought map....
Drought Diminishes After Early June Deluges
At this time last month, drought had just emerged in North Carolina, and it was expected to expand and intensify even more by the end...