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Dryness Intensifying with Lack of Rain

Dryness Intensifying with Lack of Rain

May 2, 2025 | 3:27am
Summertime warmth is prevailing, and we’re not even there yet, at least on the calendar, but it sure feels like it. Corey Davis from the State Climate Office of North Carolina joins me now, and sure, we feel like we have flipped the calendar to summer, don’t we? “That’s right, Mike, I’ll save you my […]
Spring and Summer-like Weather to Prevail

Spring and Summer-like Weather to Prevail

Apr 25, 2025 | 3:01am
We have had warm weather the past few days, particularly in the afternoons and even some of the evenings, have been on the warm side. And Corey Davis, the Assistant State Climatologist for North Carolina, joins me now to talk about that. We are certainly fully into spring now, aren’t we? That’s “Right, Mike, you […]
Have We Seen the Last Frost of the Season?

Have We Seen the Last Frost of the Season?

Apr 18, 2025 | 10:09am
Some hit or miss rains across the Carolinas over the past week. What kind of difference did it make? Well, I’m going to ask that of Corey Davis, Assistant State Climatologist for North Carolina, some areas got some pretty good rain, didn’t they? “Mike, you know, these April showers are a pretty reliable part of […]
Rain Curtails Pollen Count While Cold Snap Frightens Fruit Farmers

Rain Curtails Pollen Count While Cold Snap Frightens Fruit Farmers

Apr 11, 2025 | 4:11am
A couple of weather events to talk about as we look back over the past seven days or so. And to do that, I’m talking with Corey Davis from the state climate office of North Carolina. First thing that I think was welcome in a number of ways, was the rain we saw earlier this […]
Perhaps You’ve Noticed the Pollen?

Perhaps You’ve Noticed the Pollen?

Apr 4, 2025 | 9:37am
Well, the big word, no question about this in weather is pollen, to tell us where it’s coming from and just how bad it is, as if we don’t already know Corey Davis from the state climate office of North Carolina. Last week, Corey I went to South Carolina. When I got to Columbia, the […]
Drought Monitor Shows Improvement in Carolinas

Drought Monitor Shows Improvement in Carolinas

Mar 21, 2025 | 4:57am
We were waiting to see what kind of an impact the recent rains have had on the Drought Monitor. And NC Assistant State Climatologist Corey Davis, it looks like we did indeed get a nice bump in some soil moisture. “Yeah, Mike, it was a really solid rain event last weekend into the first part […]
Carolinas See Some Drought Improvement with More Rain on the Way

Carolinas See Some Drought Improvement with More Rain on the Way

Mar 14, 2025 | 3:22am
Some rain over the past week has helped the look on the Drought Monitor, and to take a look at that, talking with Corey Davis from the State Climate Office of North Carolina, right now, how much improvement have we seen over the last week or so, Corey? “Well, Mike, over the last 10 days, […]
March Weather Living Up to The Old Adage So Far

March Weather Living Up to The Old Adage So Far

Mar 7, 2025 | 5:48am
March comes in like a lion, and it sure was a moody lion at that. Corey Davis, the Assistant State Climatologist for North Carolina, what a week or so that we have had. I’m going to let you recap it, because I can’t even keep track of it. You need a scorecard to keep track […]
Snowfall ‘Overperformed’ in Areas of NC

Snowfall ‘Overperformed’ in Areas of NC

Feb 21, 2025 | 4:51am
Snow across much of the Carolinas here in the last couple of days. Corey Davis, Assistant State Climatologist for North Carolina, did this storm perform as you thought it was going to going into it? “Mike, especially in parts of the northeastern Piedmont of North Carolina and the northern coastal plain. Think this storm might […]
Legislation Introduced to Help Farm Kids Get Access to College Aid

Legislation Introduced to Help Farm Kids Get Access to College Aid

Feb 21, 2025 | 2:41am
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, has not been kind to college students and farming families for years, due to flaws in the program, farmers must label their machinery, land and small businesses as liquid assets, even though they’re not liquid enough to be converted into college funds. Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra […]