Last Updated on July 18, 2024 4:55 pm
In the latest drought update for North Carolina, conditions have worsened for the High Country despite recent rains.
The southeastern section of Watauga County is in severe drought conditions, while the rest of the county is in moderate drought or abnormally dry status.
Ashe County is nearly a 50/50 split between abnormally dry and moderate drought conditions.
Avery County is nearly all 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.
D3 – Extreme Drought
- Columbus
- Yadkin
Total: 2
D2 – Severe Drought
- Alexander
- Bladen
- Burke
- Caldwell
- Catawba
- Cherokee
- Clay
- Davidson
- Davie
- Forsyth
- Graham
- Greene
- Guilford
- Haywood
- Iredell
- Lenoir
- Pitt
- Robeson
- Rockingham
- Rowan
- Stokes
- Surry
- Swain
- Watauga
- Wayne
- Wilkes
Total: 26
D1 – Moderate Drought
- Alamance
- Alleghany
- Anson
- Ashe
- Avery
- Beaufort
- Bertie
- Buncombe
- Cabarrus
- Carteret
- Caswell
- Chatham
- Cleveland
- Craven
- Cumberland
- Duplin
- Durham
- Edgecombe
- Harnett
- Henderson
- Hoke
- Jackson
- Johnston
- Jones
- Lee
- Lincoln
- Macon
- Madison
- Martin
- McDowell
- Mecklenburg
- Mitchell
- Montgomery
- Moore
- Orange
- Pamlico
- Pender
- Person
- Polk
- Randolph
- Richmond
- Rutherford
- Sampson
- Scotland
- Stanly
- Transylvania
- Wake
- Wilson
- Yancey
Total: 49
D0 – Abnormally Dry
- Brunswick
- Chowan
- Dare
- Franklin
- Gaston
- Gates
- Granville
- Halifax
- Hertford
- Hyde
- Nash
- New Hanover
- Northampton
- Onslow
- Pasquotank
- Perquimans
- Tyrrell
- Union
- Vance
- Warren
- Washington
Total: 21
