The Piedmont area of NC has experienced "normal" temperatures, i.e., those within the expected range of average highs and lows.

The earth's climate has been experiencing a net slow warming since the end of the last glacial maximum about 20,000 years ago, so the slow rise in temperatures can hardly be attributed to human activities as the global warming alarmists contend. Before the last glacial period the earth obviously was warm and cooled off. Every think how all that oil in the arctic got there? Lush green vegetation and abundant large animals, which is the source of all oil deposits. Greenland was originally so named by Viking explorers because it was not ice covered as much of it is today. The earth's climate is cyclic -- studies now suggest that the amount of sun spot activity is the principal driver of climatic variations over time.