Drought Monitor Update – Thursday, June 20, 2024

Last Updated on June 20, 2024 4:12 pm

In the latest drought update for North Carolina, a majority of Watauga and all of Ashe, and Avery counties are back in the abnormally dry category. This is the first time since December 28th, 2023 that any portion of the High Country has been in any drought status report.

The weekly update, put out by the North Carolina Drought Management Council, shows zero counties in the Extreme Drought status, 0 counties in the Severe Drought category, 0 counties in Moderate Drought, and 67 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.

D0 – Abnormally Dry

• Alamance
• Alexander
• Alleghany
• Ashe
• Avery
• Beaufort
• Bertie
• Bladen
• Brunswick
• Burke
• Caldwell
• Camden
• Carteret
• Caswell
• Chowan
• Columbus
• Craven
• Cumberland
• Currituck
• Dare
• Davidson
• Davie
• Duplin
• Durham
• Edgecombe
• Forsyth
• Franklin
• Gates
• Granville
• Greene
• Guilford
• Halifax
• Harnett
• Hertford
• Hoke
• Hyde
• Iredell
• Johnston
• Jones
• Lenoir
• Martin
• Nash
• New Hanover
• Northampton
• Onslow
• Orange
• Pamlico
• Pasquotank
• Pender
• Perquimans
• Person
• Pitt
• Robeson
• Rockingham
• Sampson
• Stokes
• Surry
• Tyrrell
• Vance
• Wake
• Warren
• Washington
• Watauga
• Wayne
• Wilkes
• Wilson
• Yadkin

Total: 67