Drought Monitor Update – Thursday, July 4, 2024

Last Updated on July 8, 2024 4:54 pm

In the latest drought update for North Carolina, a good portion of Watauga, Ashe & Avery and are in the moderate drought category. Meanwhile, about a 1/4 of each of the counties are in the abnormally dry status.

The weekly update, put out by the North Carolina Drought Management Council, shows zero counties in the Extreme Drought status, 10 counties in the Severe Drought category, 69 counties in Moderate Drought, and 21 counties in Abnormally Dry status.

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
• Bertie
• Columbus
• Craven
• Greene
• Martin
• Pamlico
• Pitt
• Stokes
• Wayne

Total: 10

D1 – Moderate Drought

• Alamance
• Alexander
• Alleghany
• Ashe
• Avery
• Bladen
• Brunswick
• Buncombe
• Caldwell
• Carteret
• Caswell
• Catawba
• Chatham
• Chowan
• Clay
• Cumberland
• Dare
• Davidson
• Davie
• Duplin
• Durham
• Edgecombe
• Forsyth
• Franklin
• Gates
• Graham
• Granville
• Guilford
• Halifax
• Harnett
• Henderson
• Hertford
• Hoke
• Hyde
• Iredell
• Johnston
• Jones
• Lee
• Lenoir
• Macon
• Mitchell
• Montgomery
• Moore
• Nash
• Northampton
• Onslow
• Orange
• Pasquotank
• Pender
• Perquimans
• Person
• Polk
• Randolph
• Richmond
• Robeson
• Rockingham
• Rowan
• Sampson
• Scotland
• Surry
• Tyrrell
• Vance
• Wake
• Warren
• Washington
• Watauga
• Wilkes
• Wilson
• Yadkin

Total 69

D0 – Abnormally Dry

• Anson
• Burke
• Cabarrus
• Camden
• Cherokee
• Cleveland
• Currituck
• Gaston
• Haywood
• Jackson
• Lincoln
• Madison
• McDowell
• Mecklenburg
• New Hanover
• Rutherford
• Stanly
• Swain
• Transylvania
• Union
• Yancey

Total: 21