Here’s an inspiring story about a family of weather observers in Edenton NC who have been serving as cooperative observers for the National Weather Service for the last 120 years!  Climatologists depend on help from dedicated volunteers like this family to provide long-term reliable and consistent observations of weather which can show us trends and variability in the climate over time.  You can watch the story from WRAL at https://www.wral.com/weather/video/16745120/.

If you would like to see their data you can visit the Southeast Regional Climate Center’s Climate Perspective page for this station at: https://www.sercc.com/perspectives?station=312635 US National Weather Service Wakefield VA NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information – Climate.

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