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
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
