I am happy to introduce the new State Climatologist for North Carolina, Dr. Jared Bowden, who started as the director of the North Carolina State Climate Office on May 1. He brings a wealth of information and experience to the position and I hope those of you who are in North Carolina will take advantage of his expertise as well as that of their entire group of applied climatologists. You can read more at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2026/05/bowden-named-sco-director-and-state-climatologist/.
