Dave Starner, superintendent of the Northern Piedmont Agricultural Research and Extension Center, built a career out of talking about the weather.
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Last week's series of thunderstorms, or near thunderstorms, put Orange County on a flood warning for days and is just the most recent occurrence in the wet spring trend.
Orange County missed the big one last weekend receiving less than an inch of snow–just enough to dust the ground for Christmas.
It's been nine months since the last remnants of February's Snowmageddon melted away. And while it's unlikely the ground will be covered in 28 inches of snow this winter, the fluffy white stuff might not be far off, according to varying predictions on just how mild, or harsh, this winter will be.
There's still water in Orange County, it's just not falling from the sky.
The longest days of the year have been some of the hottest, and have made this June one of Orange County's warmest on record.
Last year, too much rain was a springtime concern. This year, it's the opposite.
A powerful snowstorm moved through Orange County over the weekend, toppling power lines, icing roads and blanketing the region with its second major snowstorm this season.
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Winter weather is right around the corner and with the cooler temperatures and shorter days come the varying predictions on just how mild, or how harsh, this winter will be.
Local rainfall totals stay ahead of annual average
Pesky, pervasive insects a nuisance for horses, livestock
Rains good for river, not crops
Few flakes fell Tuesday in what could be a white winter
It's been more than two months since an inch of rain fell locally.
Weird weather regins over Orange County
Orange County’s April showers bring May flowers (and ample mud). And this year, the extra-wet April weather brought a ranking in the record books as one of the rainiest on record
"We've been watching it be continually dry, and we haven't had it come back to where it should be. That's kind of scary when you're starting 75 percent down at the beginning of the growing season." --Northern Piedmont Agriculture Research Station Superintendent Dave Starner
The extension service is a state-funded office that offers a variety of resources to farmers, families and children.
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