Moving to North Carolina. Hows the weather?

[StormingB81]

Just found out I will be headed to North Carolina. Now I have been there a couple of times but no longer then a month each time. Ive seen snow there. I have seen it really hot there....what are the average temps and well how much does it actually snow near Jacksoncille, NC? Thank you. I am guess they get some good storms to because I have seen that and just missed a Tornado one time.

[brunota2003]

I'm assuming Camp Lejeune? Or New River MCAS? MCAS Cherry Point isn't too far from there, next Havelock, where I grew up. We got everything from severe weather to hurricanes to ice and snow storms. Snow is actually relatively rare there, though...usually we got a decent snow once every 3 or 4 years (last year was a freak year though, they got 3 or 4 snows in one winter!). The only thing is, it doesn't take a decent snow to shut everything down, and a lot of places seemed to shut down just at them calling for snow. The summers were hot, but the spring and fall were amazing usually. It's in the 50s and 60s there right now.

The bad things are the Nor' Easters during the winter months...most times it is very cold, but not cold enough to snow...so you get a really raw rain, and it gets very windy during those too, usually. I've seen my thermometer sit at 33F and it be raining, with winds in the 20s and 30s. Really, Eastern NC is the place to be to experience all ends of the spectrum, without living up north and dealing with the extreme cold. There are some here that still live in the area that could fill you in better about recent weather. Tstormwatcher lives nearby, and he is usually around on the forums year-round.

In the mean time, here are some things to look at:

- Here is MHX (the local NWS office): http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/mhx/

- Event Summaries and Case Studies done by MHX: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/mhx/SignificantEvents.php Note: By no means is this a complete list, in about 2006, the person writing all the case studies left and no one really took over until about 2008. Since then, they've written about some events prior to 2003 (when the list first started), including the infamous April 1999 "Tornadocane" (http://www.erh.noaa.gov/mhx/EventReview ... 990415.php)

- Climate data for Eastern NC: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/local_data.php?wfo=mhx

[StormingB81]

Thank you very much

[Stephanie]

It'll be hotter and muggier than the Northeast in the summer but warmer in the winter. I've never been there but would like to visit NC sometime.

[lurkey]

Just found out I will be headed to North Carolina. Now I have been there a couple of times but no longer then a month each time. Ive seen snow there. I have seen it really hot there....what are the average temps and well how much does it actually snow near Jacksoncille, NC? Thank you. I am guess they get some good storms to because I have seen that and just missed a Tornado one time.

You're moving to Jacksonville??? Cool... My parents live there (I live outside of Raleigh NC). There was snow around Christmas.... but this Christmas it will be in the upper 60s :/ (which is the norm at Christmas). Jacksonville got slammed by Irene this hurricane season. Fran came inland about half hour south of Jax in Topsail Beach. Isabel and Floyd caused damage in Jacksonville, but most of the horrific damage was west and north of Jacksonville. Hurricanes tend to turn off towards OBX normally.

Summers have been dry and Eastern NC was under drought conditions, but there were some nasty storms with tornadoes near Camp Lejeune this year. The tornadoes causes damage outside the base and on base housing. The further away from the coast the hotter it is.... Jacksonville tends to be on the cooler compared to Raleigh.