Last Updated on December 26, 2024 7:23 pm
In the latest drought update for North Carolina, the High Country continues to be classified in drought status, along with the rest of the state.
Watauga, Ashe and Avery are all in abnormally dry 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.
D1 – Moderate Drought
- Beaufort
- Bertie
- Bladen
- Brunswick
- Camden
- Carteret
- Chowan
- Columbus
- Craven
- Cumberland
- Currituck
- Dare
- Duplin
- Edgecombe
- Franklin
- Gates
- Halifax
- Hoke
- Hyde
- Jones
- Lenoir
- Martin
- Nash
- New Hanover
- Northampton
- Onslow
- Pamlico
- Pasquotank
- Pender
- Perquimans
- Robeson
- Sampson
- Scotland
- Tyrrell
- Warren
- Washington
Total: 36
D0 – Abnormally Dry
- Alamance
- Alexander
- Alleghany
- Anson
- Ashe
- Avery
- Buncombe
- Burke
- Cabarrus
- Caldwell
- Caswell
- Catawba
- Chatham
- Cherokee
- Clay
- Cleveland
- Davidson
- Davie
- Durham
- Forsyth
- Gaston
- Graham
- Granville
- Greene
- Guilford
- Harnett
- Haywood
- Henderson
- Hertford
- Iredell
- Jackson
- Johnston
- Lee
- Lincoln
- Macon
- Madison
- McDowell
- Mecklenburg
- Mitchell
- Montgomery
- Moore
- Orange
- Person
- Pitt
- Polk
- Randolph
- Richmond
- Rockingham
- Rowan
- Rutherford
- Stanly
- Stokes
- Surry
- Swain
- Transylvania
- Union
- Vance
- Wake
- Watauga
- Wayne
- Wilkes
- Wilson
- Yadkin
- Yancey
Total: 64
