Last Updated on April 24, 2025 2:14 pm
In the latest drought update for North Carolina, a majority of the High Country remains in Moderate drought status.
Meanwhile, Ashe County is split between a section in abnormally dry and the rest in moderate drought status.
The weekly
Drought categories are based on streamflow, groundwater levels, the amount of water stored in reservoirs, soil moisture, the time of year, and other relevant factors for assessing the extent and severity of dry conditions.
D2 – Severe Drought
- Beaufort
- Columbus
- Craven
- Jones
- Martin
- New Hanover
- Onslow
- Pender
- Washington
Total: 9
D1 – Moderate Drought
- Alexander
- Anson
- Ashe
- Avery
- Bertie
- Bladen
- Brunswick
- Burke
- Cabarrus
- Caldwell
- Camden
- Carteret
- Catawba
- Chowan
- Cleveland
- Currituck
- Dare
- Duplin
- Edgecombe
- Gaston
- Greene
- Henderson
- Hyde
- Iredell
- Jackson
- Lenoir
- Lincoln
- Mecklenburg
- Mitchell
- Pamlico
- Pasquotank
- Perquimans
- Pitt
- Polk
- Rowan
- Rutherford
- Stanly
- Stokes
- Surry
- Transylvania
- Tyrrell
- Union
- Watauga
- Wilkes
- Yadkin
Total: 45
D0 – Abnormally Dry
- Alamance
- Alleghany
- Buncombe
- Caswell
- Chatham
- Cherokee
- Clay
- Cumberland
- Davidson
- Davie
- Durham
- Forsyth
- Gates
- Graham
- Granville
- Guilford
- Halifax
- Haywood
- Hertford
- Hoke
- Johnston
- Lee
- Macon
- Madison
- McDowell
- Montgomery
- Moore
- Orange
- Person
- Randolph
- Richmond
- Robeson
- Rockingham
- Sampson
- Scotland
- Swain
- Vance
- Wayne
- Wilson
- Yancey
Total: 40
