Last Updated on July 25, 2024 4:20 pm
In the latest drought update for North Carolina, conditions have improved for the High Country due to recent multiple days of rain.
The southeastern section of Watauga County has improved from severe drought conditions last week to moderate drought this week.
Ashe County has improved to the whole county being in abnormally dry conditions.
Avery County's southeastern section is in moderate drought status, while the rest of the county is 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
- Columbus
- Davie
- Forsyth
- Stokes
- Yadkin
Total: 5
D1 – Moderate Drought
- Alexander
- Avery
- Bladen
- Burke
- Caldwell
- Caswell
- Catawba
- Cherokee
- Clay
- Davidson
- Graham
- Greene
- Guilford
- Haywood
- Iredell
- Jackson
- Lenoir
- Lincoln
- Macon
- McDowell
- Pitt
- Robeson
- Rockingham
- Rowan
- Surry
- Swain
- Transylvania
- Watauga
- Wayne
- Wilkes
Total: 30
D0 – Abnormally Dry
- Alamance
- Alleghany
- Anson
- Ashe
- Beaufort
- Bertie
- Brunswick
- Buncombe
- Cabarrus
- Carteret
- Chatham
- Cleveland
- Craven
- Cumberland
- Duplin
- Durham
- Edgecombe
- Gaston
- Harnett
- Henderson
- Hoke
- Johnston
- Jones
- Lee
- Madison
- Martin
- Mecklenburg
- Mitchell
- Montgomery
- Moore
- New Hanover
- Onslow
- Orange
- Pamlico
- Pender
- Person
- Polk
- Randolph
- Richmond
- Rutherford
- Sampson
- Scotland
- Stanly
- Union
- Wake
- Wilson
- Yancey
Total: 47
D3 – Extreme Drought
Total: 0
