Source: Greg Barnes, NORTH CAROLINA HEALTH NEWS, 2/25/21


It no longer takes a meteorologist to realize that North Carolina’s climate is getting hotter, wetter and more turbulent. Although 2020 didn’t break any state climate records, it came close. The state saw its second-wettest year on record and tied for its third warmest, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information and N.C. State University. Combined, 2020 was the only time since records started being kept in 1895 that the state’s annual temperatures and precipitation ranked in the top five.

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