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NC Climate Division 5 — Southern Piedmont

NC Climate Division 5 — Southern Piedmont

Eight weather stations: ALBEMARLE, CARTHAGE WTP, CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS AP, HAMLET, JACKSON SPRINGS 5 WNW, LINCOLNTON 4 W, MONROE 2 SE, WADESBORO

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NC Climate Division 5 — Southern Piedmont
Average Monthly Precipitation


Data Source: NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service | National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)

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NC Climate Division 5 — Southern Piedmont
Historical Monthly Precipitation, 1895–2016

Data Source: NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service | National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)

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NC Climate Division 5 — Southern Piedmont
Drought Indexes

PDSI PHDI PMDI SPI 1 SPI 2 SPI 3 SPI 6 SPI 9 SPI 12 SPI 24 ZNDX

heat map of one of the region's hydrologic indexes

Data Source: NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

Reading a Heat Map

This chart shows a specified drought measure for each month from 1895-2015. Each row represents a single year; each column a single month, January through December from left to right. These charts help to identify unusually wet or dry periods in history. See the glossary for additional information on each drought measure.