Drought Monitor Update – Thursday, November 2, 2023

Last Updated on November 2, 2023 6:46 pm

In the latest drought update, Watauga, Ashe, and Avery counties are in the moderate drought category.

The weekly update, put out by the North Carolina Drought Management Council, shows 14 counties in the Severe Drought category, 47 counties in Moderate Drought, and 33 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

• Burke
• Cherokee
• Clay
• Cleveland
• Gaston
• Graham
• Henderson
• Jackson
• Macon
• McDowell
• Polk
• Rutherford
• Swain
• Transylvania

Total: 14

D1 – Moderate Drought

• Alamance
• Alexander
• Alleghany
• Anson
• Ashe
• Avery
• Buncombe
• Cabarrus
• Caldwell
• Camden
• Caswell
• Catawba
• Chatham
• Cumberland
• Currituck
• Dare
• Davidson
• Davie
• Forsyth
• Guilford
• Harnett
• Haywood
• Hoke
• Iredell
• Lee
• Lincoln
• Mecklenburg
• Mitchell
• Montgomery
• Moore
• Pasquotank
• Perquimans
• Randolph
• Richmond
• Robeson
• Rockingham
• Rowan
• Scotland
• Stanly
• Stokes
• Surry
• Tyrrell
• Union
• Watauga
• Wilkes
• Yadkin
• Yancey

Total: 47

D0 – Abnormally Dry

• Bertie
• Bladen
• Brunswick
• Chowan
• Columbus
• Craven
• Duplin
• Durham
• Edgecombe
• Franklin
• Gates
• Granville
• Greene
• Halifax
• Hertford
• Hyde
• Johnston
• Jones
• Lenoir
• Madison
• Nash
• New Hanover
• Onslow
• Orange
• Pender
• Person
• Sampson
• Vance
• Wake
• Warren
• Washington
• Wayne
• Wilson

Total: 33