Has our weather seemed unusually warm to you over the last month? If so, you're right. The recently released climate summary from the State Climate Office shows April 2017 was the warmest April on record for North Carolina. The average temperature across the entire state was 62.67°F. That's about 4.5° above normal.
April hasn't been the only warm month this year. Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Asheville, and Hatteras have all measured the warmest year to date. Weather records for most of those sites date back to before 1900.
For several locations in the state the weather for the last month was not only warm but also quite wet. Heavy rain in late April made for the second wettest April on record for the state. Flooding rains that fell on Raleigh on April 24 and 25 made for the wettest April on record for the Triangle.
Here's a look at the records from the Southeast Regional Climate Center for several select cities around the state:
Asheville (records date back to 1869)
- 2nd warmest April
- 2nd wettest April
- Warmest year to date
Charlotte (records date back to 1878)
- Warmest April
- 16th wettest April
- Warmest year to date
Greensboro (records date back to 1903)
- Warmest April
- 10th wettest April
- Warmest year to date
Hatteras (records date back to 1893)
- Warmest April
- 5th wettest April
- Warmest year to date
Fayetteville (records date back to 1871)
- 2nd warmest April
- 30th wettest April
- 6th warmest year to date
Raleigh (records date back to 1887)
- Warmest April
- Wettest April
- Warmest year to date
Wilmington (records date back to 1870)
- Warmest April
- 4th wettest April
- Warmest year to date