North Carolina saw everything from brushes with wintry weather to unseasonably warm temperatures during the first month of the year. It's typically the snowiest month of the year for most of the state, but this year it failed to live up to its reputation.

Asheville is having a drier-than-average winter and that continued in January, but most other cities in North Carolina saw more rainfall than usual for the month. In fact, Raleigh had its 11th-wettest January on record thanks in part to getting over one inch of rain on the last day of the month.

If your property is one of those that sporadically became waterfront real estate lately, you might be hoping for a dry stretch sometime soon! It has been well over a year since most of the state had a moderate drought or worse, and doesn't look likely that we'll be getting back to one in February.

January is usually the "snowiest" month of the year for most of North Carolina except for in Wilmington, where that title falls to the month of December. It was a snow-less January for Wilmington, and while most other major metropolitan areas saw some snow, totals were nearly all below-average.

Most of North Carolina had a warmer-than-average January despite encountering arctic air toward the end of the month. Only Raleigh had an average temperature that was not above-average – it was right at average overall.

One of the most surprising statistics for temperatures in January was the highest temperature in Asheville reaching 71 degrees on the 26th. Reaching 70 degrees or warmer is an occurrence happening more frequently since the turn of the century, as this was only the 14th January on record with a maximum temperature of 70 or warmer in 75 years of data.

Our local climate seems to be getting warmer and wetter every year and the winter months are no exception. Just don't expect that from every month, as that trend will spike and take dips along the way.

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