Last Updated on May 5, 2025 1:05 pm
In the latest drought update for North Carolina, most of the High Country remains in Moderate drought.
In the High County, all of Watauga and Avery are in Moderate drought status. Meanwhile, Ashe County is split between abnormally dry and 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
- Martin
- New Hanover
- Onslow
- Pender
- Washington
Total: 8
D1 – Moderate Drought
- Alamance
- Alexander
- Anson
- Ashe
- Avery
- Bertie
- Bladen
- Brunswick
- Burke
- Cabarrus
- Caldwell
- Camden
- Carteret
- Catawba
- Chowan
- Cleveland
- Currituck
- Dare
- Davidson
- Davie
- Duplin
- Edgecombe
- Gaston
- Greene
- Guilford
- Hyde
- Iredell
- Jones
- Lenoir
- Lincoln
- Mecklenburg
- Mitchell
- Montgomery
- Pamlico
- Pasquotank
- Perquimans
- Pitt
- Randolph
- Rowan
- Rutherford
- Stanly
- Stokes
- Surry
- Tyrrell
- Union
- Watauga
- Wayne
- Wilkes
- Wilson
- Yadkin
Total: 50
D0 – Abnormally Dry
- Alleghany
- Buncombe
- Caswell
- Chatham
- Cumberland
- Durham
- Forsyth
- Gates
- Granville
- Halifax
- Henderson
- Hertford
- Hoke
- Jackson
- Johnston
- Lee
- Madison
- McDowell
- Moore
- Orange
- Person
- Polk
- Richmond
- Robeson
- Rockingham
- Sampson
- Scotland
- Swain
- Transylvania
- Vance
- Warren
- Yancey
Total: 32
