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15496
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The heaviest snowfalls registered by the United States Weather Bureau at Raleigh occurred in 1899 and 1927. In both instances the snow was eighteen inches deep. In 1899, the snow storm occurred on February 13th and 14th, the temperature dropping to two degrees below zero. The highest temperature ever recorded at Raleigh was during July 1887 and August 1932, each occasion reaching 103 degrees.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 3 Issue 38, Feb 1936, p5, 22, f
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30618
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Winter Storm Jonas brought snow and freezing rain to most of North Carolina in January 2016. At the storm’s peak, North Carolina Electric Cooperatives reported twenty-five thousand power outages, with most of the outages occurring in the Sandhills and central regions of the state.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 48 Issue 3, Mar 2016, p8, il, por
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30651
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Winter storms in mid-February and early March left many North Carolinians without electric power or stranded on roads. On February 12, Winter Storm Pax brought twenty inches of snow in the eastern counties. During Winter Storm Ulysses on March 6, ice accumulation on power lines caused widespread power outages and a state of emergency was declared.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 46 Issue 4, Apr 2014, p8, il, por
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31237
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North Carolina experienced several winter storms in January 2000, but the piedmont and foothills regions were especially hard hit from a January 23-25 blizzard whose intensity was not forecast. Governor James Hunt declared a State of Emergency, and thirty-one counties were declared federal disaster areas. This article discusses the blizzard’s impact to the state’s environment, economy, and electric power.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 32 Issue 3, Mar 2000, p6-8, il, por
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41327
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Blizzards in early 1960 left a part of North Carolina more than drifts up to ten feet. Fortunately, communities across the state moved to help were a boon to mountain towns immobilized by the weather winter anomaly.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 87 Issue 9, February 2020, p132-134, 136, 138-139 Periodical Website