Last Updated on January 16, 2025 4:02 pm
In the latest drought update for North Carolina, portions of the High Country have found some relief.
Watauga's north-western section of the county remains in abnormally dry status, while the rest of the county is drought-free.
All of Ashe County remains abnormally dry.
A small section in Avery County, in the northern section, remains 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.
D2 – Severe Drought
- Beaufort
- Dare
- Duplin
- Greene
- Hyde
- Martin
- Onslow
- Pender
- Pitt
- Tyrrell
- Washington
Total: 11
D1 – Moderate Drought
- Bertie
- Bladen
- Brunswick
- Camden
- Carteret
- Caswell
- Chowan
- Columbus
- Craven
- Cumberland
- Currituck
- Durham
- Edgecombe
- Franklin
- Gates
- Granville
- Halifax
- Harnett
- Hertford
- Hoke
- Johnston
- Jones
- Lee
- Lenoir
- Moore
- Nash
- New Hanover
- Northampton
- Orange
- Pamlico
- Pasquotank
- Perquimans
- Person
- Richmond
- Robeson
- Sampson
- Scotland
- Vance
- Wake
- Warren
- Wayne
- Wilson
Total: 42
D0 – Abnormally Dry
- Alamance
- Alexander
- Alleghany
- Anson
- Ashe
- Burke
- Cabarrus
- Caldwell
- Catawba
- Chatham
- Cleveland
- Davidson
- Davie
- Forsyth
- Gaston
- Guilford
- Haywood
- Iredell
- Lincoln
- Madison
- McDowell
- Mecklenburg
- Mitchell
- Montgomery
- Polk
- Randolph
- Rockingham
- Rowan
- Rutherford
- Stanly
- Stokes
- Surry
- Union
- Watauga
- Wilkes
- Yadkin
- Yancey
Total: 37
