Last Updated on April 24, 2025 2:14 pm
In the latest drought update for North Carolina, a majority of the High Country remains in Moderate drought status.
Meanwhile, Ashe County is split between a section in abnormally dry and the rest in moderate drought status.
The weekly update, put out by the North Carolina Drought Management Council, shows zero counties in the Extreme Drought status, 9 counties in the Severe Drought category, 45 counties in Moderate Drought, and 40 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
Beaufort
Columbus
Craven
Jones
Martin
New Hanover
Onslow
Pender
Washington
Total: 9
D1 – Moderate Drought
Alexander
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell
Camden
Carteret
Catawba
Chowan
Cleveland
Currituck
Dare
Duplin
Edgecombe
Gaston
Greene
Henderson
Hyde
Iredell
Jackson
Lenoir
Lincoln
Mecklenburg
Mitchell
Pamlico
Pasquotank
Perquimans
Pitt
Polk
Rowan
Rutherford
Stanly
Stokes
Surry
Transylvania
Tyrrell
Union
Watauga
Wilkes
Yadkin
Total: 45
D0 – Abnormally Dry
Alamance
Alleghany
Buncombe
Caswell
Chatham
Cherokee
Clay
Cumberland
Davidson
Davie
Durham
Forsyth
Gates
Graham
Granville
Guilford
Halifax
Haywood
Hertford
Hoke
Johnston
Lee
Macon
Madison
McDowell
Montgomery
Moore
Orange
Person
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson
Rockingham
Sampson
Scotland
Swain
Vance
Wayne
Wilson
Yancey
Total: 40
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