Last Updated on June 27, 2024 4:12 pm
In the latest drought update for North Carolina, all of Watauga and Avery counties in the abnormally dry category. Meanwhile, about a 1/4 of Ashe is in Moderate Drought while the rest is in abnormally dry status. This is the first time since January 9th that any portion of the High Country has been 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.
D1 – Moderate Drought
- Alamance
- Alleghany
- Ashe
- Beaufort
- Bertie
- Bladen
- Camden
- Caswell
- Chowan
- Columbus
- Craven
- Cumberland
- Currituck
- Dare
- Davie
- Duplin
- Durham
- Edgecombe
- Forsyth
- Franklin
- Gates
- Granville
- Greene
- Guilford
- Halifax
- Harnett
- Hertford
- Hoke
- Hyde
- Johnston
- Jones
- Lenoir
- Martin
- Nash
- Northampton
- Onslow
- Orange
- Pamlico
- Pasquotank
- Pender
- Perquimans
- Person
- Pitt
- Robeson
- Rockingham
- Sampson
- Stokes
- Surry
- Tyrrell
- Vance
- Wake
- Warren
- Washington
- Wayne
- Wilkes
- Wilson
- Yadkin
Total: 57
D0 – Abnormally Dry
- Alexander
- Anson
- Avery
- Brunswick
- Buncombe
- Burke
- Cabarrus
- Caldwell
- Carteret
- Catawba
- Chatham
- Clay
- Cleveland
- Davidson
- Gaston
- Graham
- Haywood
- Henderson
- Iredell
- Jackson
- Lee
- Lincoln
- Macon
- Madison
- McDowell
- Mecklenburg
- Mitchell
- Montgomery
- Moore
- New Hanover
- Polk
- Randolph
- Richmond
- Rowan
- Rutherford
- Scotland
- Stanly
- Swain
- Transylvania
- Union
- Watauga
- Yancey
Total: 42
