Climate
Climate Trends & Tools
Statewide Climate Data (NCEI)
Retrieve temperature, precipitation and drought indices data for North Carolina and its climate divisions from the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Climate Trends Plotter
A tool to visualize historical temperature and precipitation trends across North Carolina and surrounding states.
Climate Normals Viewer
View the 1991-2020 Climate Normals across North Carolina for temperature, precipitation, and snowfall
Climate Thresholds
Tool that provides historical threshold statistics for temperature, precipitation, wind speed, and more
Wind Rose
Shows how the wind speed and wind direction is distributed for a particular location over a given period of time
Event Climatology
Holiday Climatology
Climatology of temperature and precipitation for various holidays throughout the year in North Carolina
Heat Index Climatology
Climatology of heat index values for cities with 30+ years of temperature and relative humidity observations
Groundhog Day
Information on Groundhog Day, including statistics for North Carolina’s own Sir Walter Wally
Image: Sir Walter Wally, From NC Natural Sciences Museum
Current Climate Conditions
Climate Patterns
Historical, current and forecast conditions for ENSO, AO/NAO and PNA
Drought Conditions
Current and forecasted drought conditions