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The following is a list of North Carolina weather records.North Carolina is located in the Southeastern United States.With the Appalachian Mountains in the western portions of the state, the Piedmont stretching nearly 300 miles across the central portions of the state, and the Coastal Plains and Atlantic Ocean in the eastern portions of the state, North Carolina has experienced many different ...
The North Carolina State Climate Office at North Carolina State University reported that its Mount Mitchell weather station recorded 24.41 in (620 mm) of rainfall. [22] The office referred to the total as "off the charts", comparing it to 16.5 in (420 mm) of rainfall being a once-in-1,000-year flood for the area.
Pages in category "Climate of the United States by state" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... Climate of North Carolina; Climate of ...
Minimum temperature map of the United States from 1871–1888 Maximum temperature map of the United States from 1871–1888. The following table lists the highest and lowest temperatures recorded in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited U.S. territories during the past two centuries, in both Fahrenheit and Celsius. [1]
Flooding on some western North Carolina rivers blew past records set in 1916 as extreme rainfall amounts in the last week of September led to a rampaging slush of mud and debris.. Scientists said ...
Annual precipitation varies significantly within the mountainous terrain, with the highest precipitation in southwest North Carolina and the lowest near Asheville and in northeast Tennessee. [29] High altitudes hosting spruce-fir forest receive more than 2,000 millimeters (79 in) of precipitation while large swaths of lower elevation rainforest ...
The seven states most at climate risk are all located in the Southeast or along the Gulf Coast, according to an analysis by SafeHome.org. Those states — Florida, South Carolina, Louisiana, North ...
Climate change in North Carolina is of concern due to its impacts on the environment, climate, people, and economy of North Carolina. "Most of the state has warmed one-half to one degree (F) in the last century, and the sea is rising about one inch every decade." [1] North Carolina, along with the rest of the Southeastern United States, has ...