How do you know if a state has set a new record for temperature, precipitation or snowfall? It’s not an easy process! You have to look at the historical data, assess its accuracy, determine what other events compare to it, and decide if the potential new record meets all the qualifications needed to represent an accurate and representative climate measurement. In the latest post from the State Climate Office of North Carolina, Corey Davis describes the steps that it took for them to assess a potential new snowfall record for North Carolina. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=223&h=5666e5c1.
