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Hurricane Bertha Kick-Started a Stormy Stretch in NC
The summer of 1996 was a wake-up call of sorts for North Carolina’s coastline. Prior to that, it had been ten years since the last...
June Dry in the West, Wet in the East
Seasonal temperatures, but not extreme heat, arrived in June, while we saw big contrasts in precipitation across the state. Temperatures Warm, But Extreme Heat Stays...
OBITUARY: Remembering the 2015-16 El Niño Event
The El Niño of 2015-16 has passed away after a short but ruinous battle with cool water in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Following multiple attempts...
Summer and Tropical Outlook: An ENSO Reversal and its Effects
The oceans, they are a changin’. The El Niño conditions that were so prominent in the Pacific Ocean just five months ago have now nearly...
May’s Cool, Wet Weather Caps a Variable Spring
Cloud cover reigned in May, keeping high temperatures down and showers moving through regularly. Cloudy Days Spur Below-Normal Mean Temps While May can sometimes feel...
NC Forest Service Attacks April’s Fires Using Lessons from the Past
The pattern change from our wet winter to a dry spring brought on one of North Carolina’s worst fire seasons in the last decade, with...
Hail Hath No Fury Like a Springtime Storm
In the past three weeks, afternoon thunderstorms have brought the usual combination of heavy rain, thunder, and lightning, but they’ve also packed an extra punch....