Last Updated on November 7, 2024 2:23 pm
For the first time since the September 24th drought report, the High Country is back to abnormally dry status.
Since Hurricane Helene, conditions have been mostly dry across western North Carolina. The dry conditions across the state became apparent during the October 29th update.
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
- Bertie
- Camden
- Chowan
- Currituck
- Dare
- Gates
- Martin
- Pasquotank
- Perquimans
- Tyrrell
- Washington
Total: 11
D0 – Abnormally Dry
- Alamance
- Alexander
- Alleghany
- Anson
- Ashe
- Avery
- Beaufort
- Bladen
- Brunswick
- Buncombe
- Burke
- Cabarrus
- Caldwell
- Carteret
- Caswell
- Catawba
- Chatham
- Cherokee
- Clay
- Cleveland
- Columbus
- Craven
- Cumberland
- Davidson
- Davie
- Duplin
- Durham
- Edgecombe
- Forsyth
- Franklin
- Gaston
- Graham
- Granville
- Greene
- Guilford
- Halifax
- Harnett
- Haywood
- Henderson
- Hertford
- Hoke
- Hyde
- Iredell
- Jackson
- Johnston
- Jones
- Lee
- Lenoir
- Lincoln
- Macon
- Madison
- McDowell
- Mecklenburg
- Mitchell
- Montgomery
- Moore
- Nash
- New Hanover
- Northampton
- Onslow
- Orange
- Pamlico
- Pender
- Person
- Pitt
- Polk
- Randolph
- Richmond
- Robeson
- Rockingham
- Rowan
- Rutherford
- Sampson
- Scotland
- Stanly
- Stokes
- Surry
- Swain
- Transylvania
- Union
- Vance
- Wake
- Warren
- Watauga
- Wayne
- Wilkes
- Wilson
- Yadkin
- Yancey
Total: 89
