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What’s funny is the ice storm was actually my favorite system of the year. Best sledding and it stuck around forever. If we had received anywhere close to forecast QPF we would’ve had 3” of sleet and I’d probably brought the winter to a solid B range. That was one where we prayed QPF would be underdone but when ZR didn’t materialize we actually missed out on a great opportunity for a sleet storm which I personally really enjoy. As is, neither WSW verified here and we got 3 advisory level events, yay

I’ll give it a D+ here. We received accumulating snow 3x and twice my road was covered for more than a day. The extended cold and snow/sleet cover for nearly two weeks was nice too. Now the negatives… All 3 systems underperformed in my backyard. Though the ice storm thankfully wasn’t ice it was cold enough for an awesome sleet event like the triad and western areas saw but we didn’t even get 1/3 of the predicted QPF and ended up with about 3/4” of sleet. The snow hole was the most brutal radar watching of my entire life, if you didn’t live through that in the triangle area you don’t know the pain we went through. Yes it snowed but we got literally the lowest total in the entire state and it didn’t start till well after dark. Speaking of after dark, not a single event produced accumulating snow or sleet in daylight. The December system was all after dark, the “ice” storm was almost entirely Saturday morning before light, all day was dry without precip until the last band came through after dark, and the Jan 31 was essentially 7 pm-12 am here. Our total snow for the season was 3.6” which is 2” below normal and I think we were the only spot in NC that didn’t hit climo. That in itself could be a failing grade but I’ll give the 3 systems, 2 cold ones, and extended cold “some” credit but it feels like an F given the rest of the region. We were above climo last year at my house. Also, the Christmas torch was brutal as was the first half of January.

After nailing the blizzard of 2026 it reverted back to factory settings and wasn’t even close with yesterday’s system

If GFS is to be believed we skip spring and jump straight to summer with no cooldown through the run. EURO cools off mid month at the of its run. I will say with confidence our streak of BN monthly temps will come to an abrupt end this month

Made it to 49 yesterday, no rainfall

We made it to 78.7 yesterday, well above forecast. Todays system has trended more and more north, don’t expect any rain now and temps look maybe 10 degrees warmer than just 24 hours ago, possibly getting to 50. Currently just a hair below 40

December was below normal in Carolinas even with the Christmas torch. The first half of January was a torch too, I’d imagine February was NN. That second half of January into first week of February was extremely impressive cold, impressive enough we finished January BN after an absolute torch the first two weeks

#wedged

75 today, 40 tomorrow, 60 Tuesday, no wonder people get sick this time of year

2-day total of 1.20” absolutely huge for drought relief. Near future looks ridgy and dry so this likely keeps us from jumping up up into the extreme drought category which we certainly would’ve without that system

I don’t mind late season freezes especially to knock the bugs back but whatever we get this year is going to be damaging considering the next two weeks of +15-25 temps

Same here. We’ve been stuck between 48-50 all day Picked up an additional 0.07” since yesterday with light drizzle continuing

RDU got down to 36 on May 10 2020 which likely resulted in frost

RDU got down to 30 on April 23 of 2021 which was obviously well past the normal last freeze date. That morning was in the 20’s in many rural areas too

We frequently get freezes into mid April in central NC. A few years ago during the first week of turkey season (second week of April) I woke up to 24 degrees in Louisburg NC, was absolutely not dressed for that. Long range looks extremely warm for first half of March, but I am confident there will be more sub freezing mornings before April

AIGFS pushing 90 degrees at end of run

Woo hoo over 1”! Great rain today EDIT: finished with 1.13”

We’re likely to finish February AN rain IMBY. I’d have to check but I’m pretty sure July was the last month we were not below normal for rainfall, so it’s been 6 straight months BN here

Getting solid relief in NC today

It coming it march is OK with me, we had a cold winter. March I’m ok with warmups

It’s almost definitely overdone but seeing mid-upper 80s in that march 7-13 timeframe is nuts. It’s not just a day too it’s like a week. Could definitely be an early season beach trip. Ridgemageddon

This is officially drought relief rainfall today. Coupled with rain the last two weeks we have definitely started to put a dent in it

I’ll probably do the same. March warmth is welcome in my book as fishing season cranks up

The heat after first week of March seems legit this time. Just a monster SER cranking. Probably perfect to get everything growing before a random killer freeze in April

They are growing here too. Saw on the news last week before the cool down we registered pine pollen for first time this year which is early